1956. Reprint. 578 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with mild tanning throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Notable scratching and marking to boards. Mild water stains and droplets to boards. Book has forward lean.