1946. First Edition Thus. 255 pages. Purple dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Light creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Dents to edges. Black marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with large areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Notable tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces.