1946. Reprinted. 255 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Margaret Ayer. Colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably sunned.