1958. First Edition. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Pencil markings to back pastedown. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.