1959. First Edition. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with black lettering to spine. British Bloodhound No. 271. Binding remains firm. Front hinge is cracked as well as front free endpaper torn out. Minor cracking to gutters. Two sticky tape marks to both pastedowns. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Foxing to first few pages. Thumb marking present. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. One slightly bumped corner. Minor crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Lettering is darkened. Couple of small specks to back board.