1953. Second Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with faded lettering. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge cracked. Previous owner's inscriptions to front endpapers. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine and edges. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends.