1955. First Edition. 526 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece. Volume One. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Pen markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.