1951. First Edition. 223 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations by Dorrit Dekk. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Light soiling to pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with slight fraying to cloth. Sunning to spine ends and edges. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Area of loss to top of spine. Tanning to spine and edges. Light rubbing and foxing. Small splits to spine joints.