1955. Third Impression. 332 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Ex libris plate at front. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Some marks and water staining to surfaces. Clipped jacket has heavy wear with tears, chipping and creasing. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine.