1956. First edition thus. 278 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Red edges to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. 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. Boards are slightly bowed.