1946. First Edition. 148 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light creasing to edges of pages. Some dark rubbing to endpapers. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is slightly forward leaning. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Minor speckled white marking to boards. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Light staining to spine.