1940. First edition thus. 149 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Front board with heavy crease. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. A small label on front.