1956. First Edition. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. From the Novels of Tomorrow series. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book and on text block edges. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Endpapers have strips of tanning. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards rather rubbed and marked overall. Boards are slightly bowed. Fragment of paper stuck to rear. Book has a moderate forward lean.