1958. First Edition Thus. 247 pages. No dust jacket. Patterned paper covered boards. Orange block coloured illustrated frontispiece. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, front board is loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears to paper to spine. Wear marks overall.