1955. First Printed in Great Britain. 526 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are bright and clear with light foxing and tanning to text block edges and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to front hinge, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning, staining and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall. Front flap detached. Visible loss and creasing to panels.