1953. No Edition Remarks. 672 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Minor foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and free endpaper. Moderate cracking to rear hinge, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has similar tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.