1951. First Edition. 150 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout by M. King Smith. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. A previous owner's name redacted 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 dulled but remains brighter on front. Some additional moderate marks and staining.