1954. First Edition. 275 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Signed by the author with dedication to title page. Pages are lightly tanned, but heavy to endpapers. Mild cracking to gutters. Half title page and frontispiece are detached but still present. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to front board. Book has forward lean.