1957. First edition thus. 255 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustration plates. Ex libris plate at front. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.