1953. This Edition. 176 pages. Blue patterned dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy chips, tears and creasing. Front flap missing. Back flap joint and front joint to spine very loose. Tanning to spine and edges.