1949. First Edition. 144 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over purple cloth boards with lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Pen markings to front free endpaper. Ownership plate stuck to front free endpaper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and panel. Moderate tanning and foxing to interior flaps, panels and spine.