1955. Reprint. 492 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with black and white illustrations throughout. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and book is shaky. Mild tanning to text block edges. Boards have minor rubbing and light bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends and visible sunning to spine. The book is forward leaning.