1957. First Edition. 310 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Minor dog-eared corners. Dark thumb-marking present. Scuffing to rear pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends with scuffing. Scuffing and dark rubbed marking overall. White staining to boards. Book is notably forward leaning.