1949. First Edition. 112 pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations, illustrative plates and photographic plates throughout. Colour frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges causing discolouration. Gilt lettering is darkened and faded. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy chips, tears and creasing. Tanning to spine and edges.