1953. No Edition Remarks. 282 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with darkened gilt lettering to spine. Mottling to front and rear boards. Pages are fairly bright with light tanning and moderate foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout, with rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Water mark to lower text block corner. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a subtle forward lean. Mottling to front and rear boards.