1942. First Edition. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by E.C. Brisley. Colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Some illustrations coloured in. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning. Some additional moderate marks and staining. Boards are slightly bowed.