1947. First Edition. 246 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Colour illustrated frontispiece with black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Areas of loss to spine ends. Light sunning to spine. Wear marks overall.