1940. First Edition. 567 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth boards with lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed red. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases.