1955. First Printing. 368 pages. No dust jacket. Orange paper covered boards with cream cloth to spine. Contains black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Notable scuffing and tearing to edges. Dents to edges. Ring mark to front board. Visible marks and scratches to boards. Textblock is shaky.