1956. First American Edition. 312 pages. Illustrative jacket over red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Some bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Noticeable tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges. Water staining to rear panel.