1939. First Edition. 234 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs and illustrations by Peter Scott. Colour frontispiece. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine.