1954. First edition thus. 246 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations by S. Van Abbe and author. Colour frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. Some torn pages. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and sunning. Book has slight forward lean.