1952. Reprinted. 174 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations with a colour frontispiece throughout. Light foxing and tanning to pages, pastedowns and free endpapers. More prominent to text block edges. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket, priced 6s net. Panels have moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning, and scuffing overall. Tape repairing to edges of panels and spine.