1953. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Printed in both Latin and English. Inscription to front endpaper. Tape marks to endpapers and pastedowns. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Corners are dogeared in places. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a mildly crushed. Book has a forward lean. Boards are bowed. Tanning to spine and edges.