1959. First Edition Thus. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Colour illustrated frontispiece with black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Small tears to some pages, text remains unaffected. Tape marks to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Stain to front board.