1951. Second Impression. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated beige cloth. Illustrated by Anna Zinkeisen. Contains colour in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Some speckled dark marking to boards.