1953. First Edition. 194 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are clean overall, with mild tanning throughout. Slightly more pronounced to endpapers. Mild cracking to front hinge, slightly exposing netting. Binding throughout remains firm. Faint pencil markings to front free endpaper. Minor water drops to top text block edge. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Minor scuffing to edges with faint sunning marks overall. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket, priced 15s. Panels have heavy edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Large area of loss to spine and edges with water staining across spine.