1947. First Edition Thus. 151 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece with plates and illustrations throughout. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages, illustrations and plates with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor tape repairs to interior spine. Moderate tanning to interior flaps, panels and spine.