1954. First Edition. 274 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white portrait frontispiece. Signed with dedication from the author on title page. Maps across endpapers. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.