1951. First Edition. 208 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece with illustrations throughout. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards.