1952. First Edition. 274 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering is dulled. Book has slight forward lean. Clipped jacket has moderate wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.