1954. Eighth Impression. 152 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Text-block is loose from binding. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Minor water staining to surfaces. Book is notably bowed and forward leaning.