1954. 25th Impression. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Front endpaper is missing. Previous owner's inscriptions to half title page and front pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Binding remains firm. Boards are slightly bowed and sunned.