1950. First Edition. 153 pages. Dust jacket (in two pieces) over brown cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Missing front free endpaper. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Moderate water stains to front board. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Heavy rubbing and marking all over.