1952. First Edition. 180 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Signed with dedication from the author on front pastedown. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. 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 ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with large tears, chipping and creasing.