1948. First Edition. 223 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Moderate loss to spine and panel. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.