1952. First Edition. 424 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Front free endpaper is missing. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Top textblock edge dyed brown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Minor wear marks to boards.