1943. First Edition. 219 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations by Leo Dowd. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper and pencil inscription to pastedown. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces.There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean.