1949. Third Impression. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Binding is slightly loose with faint thumb marking throughout. Pen inscription and markings to half and title page. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing and splits to spine ends. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.