1954. First Edition. 256 pages. Blue dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are bright and clear with mild foxing and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers; very slight red staining to upper edges of some pages from text block colour bleeding. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket is in separate pieces with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall with visible loss and creasing to panels.