1953. Third edition. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations by R.J. MacDonald. Colour frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Some pen marks on front. Book has slight forward lean.