1957. Reprinted. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with silver gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout by Raymond Sheppard. Ex libris plate at front. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Book has slight forward lean.