1931. First Edition. 418 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Flat signed to title page. Letter from the authors glued to front endpaper, signed 'Mary Stanton Chapman, - Maristan -', dated 'Nov 29. 1932'. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Rough cut pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Minor text correction in pencil to page no. 3. Binding has remained firm. Large tears to fore edge of pages 414-418 and rear endpaper. Text is not affected. Plates have some light tanning to edges. Top text block edge dyed brown with small while ink drops. Minor brown stains to pastedowns, with faint marks throughout. Uneven text block edges. Boards have visible edge wear with corner bumping. Lettering to spine is slightly faded. Heavy sunning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Noticeable water marks to all surfaces, with visible cloth discoloration to rear board. Book has a slight forward