1944. First Edition. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to endpapers. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with small tears, chipping and creasing. Some small tape repairs. Spine noticeably sunned.