1951. First Edition. 158 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine ends. Some liquid staining to bottom edge. Clipped jacket has heavy wear with tears, chipping and creasing. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Some heavy liquid staining to surfaces.