No Edition Stated. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout with a colour frontispiece by Helen Stratton. Cracking to front hinge causing board to be slightly loose. Slight crinkling to paper at gutters, however binding remains firm. Pages are clean overall, with mild tanning throughout. Small tears to edges of some pages. Top text block edge dyed green. Pen inscription to front endpaper. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping. Visible sunning to spine and boards with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Faint black marks overall with small water drops to front and spine. Book has a slight forward lean.