1951. Second Edition. 96 pages. The Story of the Countryside First Series - Book 1. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial paper-covered boards. Contains black and white illustrations by John Austen. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book has a notable forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate surface wear, with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing to spine end, edges and corners. Moderately tanned and foxed overall.