1955. First Edition. 320 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Signed by the author to title page. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to front hinge with exposed binding, causing board to be slightly loose. Faint brown marking to a few pages, text is not affected. Binding is slightly shaky. Creasing to a few page throughout. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Mild rubbing and marking to surfaces, with scuffing to edges and small splits to joints.