1951. First Edition. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt. Presentation plate on front free endpaper. Colour illustration plates by Raymond Sheppard. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. 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. Some additional mild marks and staining.