1953. First Edition. 288 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with faded lettering to spine. Boots Ex-library rebind with associated stickers and markings to pages and boards. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout, with rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Moderate cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with mild corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Book has a subtle forward lean. Light tanning to spine.