1955. First Edition Thus Abridged. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Pages have moderate tanning, with noticeable foxing to edges. Heavier to text block edges. Binding is firm. Previous owner's inscription to frond endpapers and pastedown. Some faint thumb-marking throughout. Brown staining to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with slight corner bumping and minor scuffing to edges. Some faint black markings to front. Moderate sunning to spine and edges, with minimal crushing to ends. Silver remains bright. Small white stain to fore edge.