1958. First Edition. 410 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrated dust jacket over dark blue cloth with authors signature to title page. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Visible foxing and tanning to text block edges and slight dog-eared pages throughout as well. Boards have moderate rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends as well. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and sunning to spine. Distinctive water damage to interior.