1954. Reprint. 286 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Colour frontispiece with B&W illustrations throughout. Front endpaper missing. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge cracked. Some gutter cracking. Tape remnants to endpapers. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends.