1955. Reprinted. 255 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations by Helen Monroe. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. Some page corners folded. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably sunned.