1953. Second Edition. 303 pages. Grey dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Book is forward leaning. White marking to spine. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. Dark rubbing to surfaces. Faint pen marking to front.