1955. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Grey illustrated cloth boards with green cloth spine and lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Moderate water staining to top edge textblock, pastedowns and free endpapers. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Minor wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.