1945. Reprint. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Light creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine and edges. White marks and scratches to boards. Textblock is shaky. Boards are visibly bowed.