1958. First English Edition. 175 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth with gilt to spine. Black and white frontispiece. Translated from the French by W J Strachan. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm with minor creasing to paper at gutters. Some page corners folded. Faint pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and front free endpaper. Mild water staining to top text block edges with minor marks to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine. Minor pencil inscription to front flap. Noticeable water staining to insides.