1946. Reprinted. 229 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout by John Austen. Colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front pastedown and free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Some additional moderate marks and staining.