1964. Second impression. 382 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards with cloth spine. Black and white illustrations throughout by Joan Hassall. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.