1951. First Edition. 474 pages. Green dust jacket over red cloth boards. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Ex libris plate to front pastedown. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. 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 is dulled. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some inscriptions to front flap. Spine noticeably tanned.