1947. Fifth Impression. 64 pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket over green boards with dark green lettering to spine and front. Black and white illustrations and photographic plates as well as 4 colour illustrative plates. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. 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. Lettering is darkened. Boards are bowed. Clipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy chips, tears and creasing. Tanning to spine and edges.