1953. First Published in the US. 281 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial paper covered boards with blue cloth to spine. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends with slight scuffing. Clipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Scuffing and light marking overall. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Pen scribbling to front panel.