1964. First Edition Thus. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout by Rene Peron. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Boards are slightly bowed.