1953. First Edition. 312 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with faint tanning and foxing throughout. Heavy tanning bands to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Mild sunning to spine and to panel edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy foxing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine.