1949. First Published. 179 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Front free endpaper cut out. Previous owner's inscription and marking to pastedowns and rear free endpaper. Small tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Marking to both boards.