-Rare 1953 1st Edition/4th Printing still in good or better solid condition with only minor shelf wear to the boards and minor blemishes to the outside pages. Binding and pages tight. Dust jacket has some wear and tear with several small tape repairs, but is fully intact and not price clipped. Now nicely wrapped in mylar covering the entire jacket! Please see photos for further description. Previous owners name written in cursive on the front free end-page. No other markings, text is clean. Yellow top-stain looks flawless, very nicely done by the publisher. This volume is now over 70 years old, wow!!! No smoking odors or any other. Well made volume with nice thick pages that look surprisingly clean for there age. FAST SHIPPING & ALWAYS PACKAGED WITH CARE THANK YOU!!!