1956. First Printing. 234 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages are clean, with moderate tanning to text block edges. Cracking to rear hinge, with exposed netting. Previous owner's inscriptions to half title page. Front endpaper is missing. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and moderate crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed.