1951. First Edition. 184 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. With illustrations by R. A. Maynard. Contains colour in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Notable sunning to spine and edges. Minor water staining to surfaces, with some darker marking overall. Book is slightly forward leaning.