1953. First Edition. 366 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards. Black and white illustration plates. Colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Dedication to front pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some additional marks and staining. Boards are slightly bowed.