1954. Fourth Printing. 654 pages. No dust jacket. Green paper covered boards with black cloth spine and gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Moderate water staining to top edge textblock. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing and splits to spine ends and corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.