1953. Reprinted. 319 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated cloth. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Front free endpaper torn and missing. Front pastedown peeling. Front hinge slightly cracked with exposed netting. Binding weakened but holds. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Some fraying to cloth at spine ends. Boards heavily sunned. Book has a slight forward lean. Textblock edge with pen inscription.