1961. No edition remarks. 168 pages. No dust jacket. Striped paper covered boards with blue cloth to spine. Contains colour illustrations throughout. Illustrated by Esme Eve. Larger printed text. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Minor cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Faint previous owner's pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Faint brown stains and pencil marking to text-block edges. Boards have mild edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Minor black and marks to boards. Slight scuffing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Brown marks to spine. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.