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London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1961. First English language edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed copy of the first English-language edition, both the jacket and volume in very good condition. The red and black cloth binding remains clean, bright, and tight, with sharp corners, vivid spine gilt, and no appreciable wear apart from minor wrinkling to the spine ends. A forward lean is the only defect noted. The contents remain bright with no previous ownership marks. A trivial hint of soiling and spotting appears to the text block edges. The illustrated yellow and gray-green dust jacket is respectably bright, substantially complete, and unclipped, with the original lower front flap price intact. We note minor loss to the spine head and corners, the largest instance being a 1.25 inch deep by .375 inch wide loss to the lower front flap adjacent to the flap fold which does not intrude into either the front cover illustration or the flap print. Otherwise light wear and soiling is mostly… Read More