1946. Second Printing. 311 pages. Dust jacket over red and beige cloth. Inscribed by author's daughter to front free endpaper. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding is very slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing overall. Spine has mild sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.