1955. No edition remarks. 248 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Purple cloth. Letter from author stapled to front endpaper. Flatsigned by the author to title page. Clean pages with mild tanning throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Notable water staining to frontispiece and front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild water stains and droplets to surfaces. Notable crushing and tearing to spine ends.