1953. First Published. 278 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions, sticker and stamp to front pastedown and endpaper. Water staining and tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining overall.