Random, New York, 1956, 3^rd pr.  World Landmark Books W-26.  Hard cover, 181 pages including Index, followed by list of Landmark books.  Very good; light corner and spine end wear; binding sound.  Price-clipped dust jacket shows edge and cover wear, age-toning and spotting, small stains; short edge tears and small losses.  Illustrated end papers; gift inscription on half-title page; remainder of interior clean and unmarked; illustrated by author.  ‘In the rich turbulence of English history one day stands magnificently apart – June 15, 1215 – the day of the signing of the Magna Charta.  This was the day on which the great barons of England stood in glistening armor before their cruel King John, who had stripped them of their wealth, and of their very rights as men, to feed his monstrous pride and lust for power. … Other English kings fought the implications of the Magna Charta, but they could not suppress the growth of the idea behind it, that men were entitled to justice – and would fight to have it!’ (from front flap)