1938. First Edition. 348 pages. Pictorial dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout by Isobel R. Beard. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. Dedication to front free endpaper. Small ink stain to textblock edge. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably sunned.