1939. First Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with black titles and decorations. Illustrated black and white plates and colour frontispiece by Lewis Lupton. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning to text block edges. Thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free end paper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate ring mark to front board. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Minor cloth fraying at hinges. Book has a slight forward lean.