1957. First Edition. 257 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout by Nina Alecksander. Flat signed by author to title page. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.