1954. First Edition. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and visible foxing throughout. Heavy tanning to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Paper and scuffing to rear endpaper. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy sunning to board edges and spine, which has notable crushing and tearing to ends. Moderate water stains to surfaces. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped.