1953. Book club edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Cream cloth. Map endpapers. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to pre title page. Text block edges are a little tanned and foxed with minor scratches. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards rather rubbed and marked overall with some scratches to front. Spine is slightly sunned. Book has a moderate forward lean.