1950. First edition thus. 181 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Honor Appleton. Colour frontispiece. Presentation plate on front free endpaper. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.