1951. First Printed. 255 pages. Illustrative jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Notable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Light tanning to spine and edges. Bleaching to spine ends and edges. Visible marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Notable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.