1955. First Edition. 276 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout by Robert W. Hines. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Tear in half-title page. 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. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably sunned.