1953. First Published. 237 pages. Illustrative jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Stamp to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Some creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Noticeable tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces.