1952. Reprinted. 240 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations by Hookway Cowles. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Hinges are minor cracked with exposed netting. Bright and clean pages and illustrations with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Minor loss to spine. Moderate tanning to interior flaps, panels and spine.