1970. No edition remarks. 270 pages. Brown slipcase. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt to leather spine. Black and white illustrations throughout by Thomas Bewick. Black and white portrait frontispiece by Peter Reddick. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and rubbing to spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor marking to panels.