1946. No edition remarks. 463 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Black and white illustrations throughout by Gillian Alington. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding slightly loose. Some page corners folded. 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. Some additional mild marks and staining.