1953. No edition remarks. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces heavily tanned and sunned. Gilt lettering to spine is strongly dulled. Some additional heavy marks and staining. Boards are slightly bowed.