1928. First Edition. 248 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Hinges are slightly cracked. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards.