1939. First Edition. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with silver gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout by author. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front. 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. Book has slight forward lean.