1951. First Edition. 532 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with faded lettering. Half of rear endpaper torn out. Pen & pencil marking to pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Notable sunning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends.