1957. No Edition Remarks. 976 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with lettering and metal clasp. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Hinges are heavily cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is darkened. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.