1952. First Edition. 208 pages. Best wishes from "the author" on front endpaper, but is not signed. Blue illustrated dust jacket over blue boards with white lettering to spine. Crinkling to gutters. Page 33-4 is loose but not detached. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal foxing and tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is very light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Lettering is a little darkened. Visible stain spotting and soiling to boards, with thin bleached line along front joint. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss to front, with chipping, tears and creasing. Tanning to spine and edges, with staining and soiling to DJ.