1959. First Edition. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Signed by the author, with dedication to former owner. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front paste-down, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Frontispiece is bright, although lightly tanned and water stained at edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with minor bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Boards are subtly bowed. Paint drop and sunning to rear board.