1955. Reprinted. 229 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to endpapers. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends, with faint creasing to spine strip. Book is forward leaning. Light tanning to spine and edges.