1955. Second impression. 98 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout by Ronald Searle. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Some page corners folded. 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 slightly dulled. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably tanned.