1948. First Edition. 124 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth with black lettering to spine. Illustrated in black and white by Rosemary De Souza. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning and foxing to some pages, including pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Slight bubbling to pastedowns and indentations to free endpapers. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss (notably to spine ends), heavy tears, chips, creasing. Original price 5 shillings. Price sticker to front panel of dustjacket. Spine sunned and scratched.