1960. Fifth impression. 183 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Eileen Soper. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to half-title page. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Book has slight forward lean.