1959. Reprinted. 173 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering to front board and spine. Contains black and white illustrations by Treyer Evans. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with water drops, rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Visible thumb-marking present throughout. Pen scribble to half title page, with water staining to paste-down. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Water drops down spine, with pencil marks on front board. Split to spine end.