1956. No Edition Remarks. 399 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Grubby endpapers. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Marks and scratches overall. Textblock is shaky.