1953. No edition remarks. 140 pages. No dust jacket. Cream cloth covered boards with embossed metal portrait of Queen Elizabeth on front. Black and white photographs and illustration plates. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. 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. Boards are slightly bowed.