1947. First Edition. 187 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning and foxing to free endpapers and pastedowns. Ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Pencil markings to back free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.