Published CASSELL ,London Jan 1959 = 2nd Edition Hardback with pictorial jacket by SIR VIVIAN FUCHS & SIR EDMUND HILLARY 338 most interesting and detailed pages PHOTOS a Smart copy... original owner's signature = V.M STOUT [has just had one careful owner] Jacket is slightly faded and has a small tear on the spine of the jacket. Very tight binding. Still an important book; SOUGHT AFTER Note that V.M.STOUT is Dr. V .M.Stout of Zoology Dept University of Canterbury. She was a descendant of Sir Robert Stout, NZ Prime Minister