1953. First Edition. 516 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains ex-libris plate. Pages are lightly tanned. Notable cracking to gutters and rear hinge. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.