1958. No edition remarks. 217 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations by Peggy Beetles. Colour frontispiece. Signed with dedication from the author on title page. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. 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. Gilt lettering to spine is strongly dulled. Boards are slightly bowed.