1955. First British Edition. 897 pages. Illustrated red dust jacket over black cloth with photographic black and white plates. Minor tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout and visible tanning to text block edges. Rear hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and notable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends as well. Unclipped jacket with moderate edge wear and fair rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and creasing to interior.