1975. Fifth Impression. 359 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrated frontispiece with black and white illustrations by Will Nickless throughout. Pages are bright and clear; light foxing and tanning to text block edges. Page corners are occasionally dog-eared. Previous owner's inscription in pen to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with moderate sunning and foxing to edges. Spine has visible sunning and foxing with soft crushing to ends. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Visible creasing, tanning and scuffing overall. Some minor loss to panels.