1959. Twenty-Sixth Impression. 310 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Black and white illustration plates throughout by Wilson. Colour portrait frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. 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.