1955. First Edition. 380 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with black and white illustrations throughout. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and slight dog-eared pages throughout. Noticeable tanning to text block edges and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have minor rubbing and moderate bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavier rubbing to spine.