1958. First Edition. 236 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over grey cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations by J.S.Goodall. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Moderate tanning to half title page and last page textblock due to dust jacket flaps. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor tanning to interior flaps, panels and spine.