1955. This Edition. 255 pages. Dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrative frontispiece. Pages bright with some tanning and foxing, particularly to textblock edges and endpapers. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards with minimal shelf wear. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping, rubbing and marking. Spine heavily sunned.