1955. First Edition. 549 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Hinges are lightly cracked with netting exposed but boards remain firmly attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has similar sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.