1953. Reprint. 383 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece of the author. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Noticeable cracking to front hinge, exposing netting. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. More pronounced to text block edges. Minor brown marks to text block edges. Text is unaffected. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Visible sunning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Faint black marks overall. Book has a slight backward lean.