1947. First Edition. 217 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece and illustrations by Lunt Roberts. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pen markings to front free endpaper and half title page. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.