1957. First UK Edition. 670 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Heavy cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting. Binding is quite loose. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks, water stains and rub marks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with mild corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean and slight bow. Light sunning to spine. Slight splitting to joints.