1955. First Edition. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Foxing more intense towards the start and end of the book. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards rather rubbed and marked overall. Boards are slightly bowed. Gilt is dulled and worn.