1953. 14th Impression. 266 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Brown marks to pages 214 and 215. Notable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. White marks and scratches to all. Textblock is shaky. Book has a visible forward lean.