1956. Reprinted. 178 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt decoration. Black and white illustrations throughout by Ernest H Shepard. Severe cracking to front hinge causing board to be loose. Binding throughout remains firm with all pages attached. Illustration to page 3 slightly coloured in. Pages are lightly tanned, but text remains clear. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. Paper remnants with small inscribed sticker to reverse of frontispiece. Brown smudge to contents page. Thumb-marking present. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor bubbling to front board. Faint black marks overall. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.