1953. First Edition. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with silver gilt. Black and white illustrations by Michael Hansom. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pen and pencil inscriptions to endpapers. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned. Some additional mild marks and staining.