1955. First Edition Thus. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. 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. Clipped jacket. Dust jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Heavy loss to spine and panel. Moderate tanning and foxing to interior flaps, panels and spine.