1963. Ninth printing. 250 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. 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. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.