1948. First impression. 283 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout by Michael Ayrton. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. A previous owner's initials to half-title page. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.