1953. New Zealand Edition. 235 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Water staining to spine. Book is slightly forward leaning. Clipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Water staining to surfaces, heavier to spine. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Heavy splits to joints.