1953. No Edition Remarks. 511 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece and illustrations by G. Zavyalova. Slight crinkling to gutters however binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Top edge textblock dyed green. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.