1948. First Edition Thus. 159 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Top textblock edge dyed blue. Minor cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.