Random House, 1957
First Edition, First Printing A Fine book in a Fine/Near fine, first issue dust jacket. A clean, crisp example of this first printing.
Fine book with clean green cloth, with bright unfaded gilt titles to the front and spine. The book has sharp corners, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are in perfect condition with no owner names, no inscriptions, and no book plates. The internal pages are clean, crisp, bright and flat appearing as unread. Dark blue top stain applied by publisher. A very stunning book.
The original dust jacket has benefited from a very slight touch of restoration to the spine tips and presents as a fine example. The dust jacket has strong vibrant colors without any fading of the color and has no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no stains, no foxing and no creasing. A stunning dust jacket that is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $6.95, with the requisite code of 10/57 on the front flap.
A very handsome, clean and crisp example of this title presenting well on the shelf. Difficult to find in this condition!
