1957. Reprinted. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Ink stamp inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing and fraying to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear and pen marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.