1948. No edition remarks. 307 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Edward Burra. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Some page corners folded. 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. Boards are slightly bowed. Book has slight forward lean.