1956. First Edition. 498 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Clean pages with noticeable tanning to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Notable scuffing to front endpaper. Mild droplets to upper text block edge. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine and to board edges. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Library number to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends.