1959. First Edition. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Line illustrations throughout by Harold Freeman. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Gilt lettering to spine is strongly dulled. Boards are slightly bowed.