1951. First Edition. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth with gilt lettering. Minor tanning to otherwise clear pages. More prominent foxing and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Some slight looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning with visible rubbing, sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.