1952. Reprinted. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over purple cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout by Newton Whittaker. Colour frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Clipped jacket has heavy wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.