1940. First Edition. 275 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with blue lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout by James Thorpe. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Mild tanning and foxing to endpapers. Moderate tanning and foxing to text block edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild tanning to board edges. Faint speckling all over. Mild red pen mark to front board. Mild faint scratch to rear board. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends.