1951. First Edition. 256 pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations & illustrative plates. Colour frontispiece. All by William Stobbs. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Occasional foxing. Frontispiece is detached but still present. 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. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Tanning to spine and edges.