1954. First Edition. 363 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white portrait frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably sunned.