1948. Reprinted. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Pelagie Doane. Colour frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Boards are slightly bowed. Book has slight forward lean.