1953. First edition thus. 327 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with silver gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout by Marguerite Bryan. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Previous owner's name to front pastedown and another heavily redacted with pen. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.