1952. First Collins Edition. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with silver lettering. Pages are moderately tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Annotation to rear endpaper and paste-down, with a pencil inscription on title page. Minor dog-eared corners. A few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends.Book has a pronounced forward lean and slight bow. Light tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has heavy surface wear, with some large areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing to spine ends, edges and corners. Slightly tanned overall.