1957. English Edition 7th . 508 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white frontispiece by Rex Whistler. Jacket design by Owen Wood. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. More pronounced tanning to endpapers. Mild cracking to front hinge, slightly exposing netting. Binding remains firm. Faint pencil markings to front endpaper. Boards have mild edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright. Mild tanning to spine. Clipped dust jacket. Panels to dust jacket have noticeable edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Mild tanning to reverse of jacket.