1953. No edition stated. 409 pages. No dust jacket. Blue paper covered boards with black cloth spine and white lettering. Pages are slightly tanned with minor foxing throughout. Heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Notable water staining and small pencil mark to rear free endpaper and paste down. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with visible bumping and chipping to corners, rubbing and scuffing to surface. Light sunning to spine with heavy crushing to spine ends and small tear to top edge. White sticker stuck to front board.