1929. First edition thus. 333 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustration plates by John Austen. Ex libris plate at front. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Cracking to hinges with exposed netting. Binding loose. 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 dulled but remains brighter on front.