1946. First Edition. 254 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece with black and white illustrations throughout. Ex-libris label. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Minor tape marks to free endpaper and last page textblock. Back free endpaper is missing. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends and corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped Jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.