1964. First edition thus. 525 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Eileen Soper. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.