1954. Second impression. 319 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. 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 light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.