1949. First Edition Thus. 207 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine and front. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Black and white illustrations and illustrative plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. occasional foxing. A quarter of frontispiece has been torn off top edge. Back endpaper has been removed and back hinge is cracked. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Lettering is darkened slightly. Book has a slight forward lean. Scuffs and scratches to front board.