1953. No Edition Remarks. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrations throughout by the author. Pages are bright with light tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front paste-down, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Retail stamp on rear paste-down. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Boards are subtly bowed. Moderate tanning to spine.