1939. First Edition. 197 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Mary Shillabeer. Colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Boards are slightly bowed.