1954. 631 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Inscription to front endpaper. 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. Tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean. Boards are bowed. The clipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Sunning to spine and edges.