1945. First Edition. 326 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth with red lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrations by BATT. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with a few small nicks and rub marks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Pages 17-20 are uncut at upper edge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy foxing and sunning to spine, with visible crushing to spine ends. Boards are subtly bowed.