1956. Reprinted. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece,. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed blue. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and panel.