1953. No Edition Remarks. 509 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Hinges are slightly cracked. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor sunning to spine and edges. Book has a moderate forward lean. Unclipped jacket. Dust jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears. Panels are detached from spine. Minor tape repairs to interior spine. Moderate tanning to interior flaps, panels and spine.