1948. Reprinted. 327 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations by Stuart Tresilian. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning and foxing to free endpapers. Pen and pencil inscription and markings to front free endpaper and pastedown. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing and fraying to spine ends and corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Minor wear marks to boards.