1945. New Edition. 214 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Boards are slightly bowed.