First edition, first printing. xii, 450pp, with black and white plate illustrations. Purple cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Coloured endpapers. 8vo. Corners of boards rounded, one quite heavily, rubbed at spine base. A few light pencil marks in margins of first few leaves else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original glossy, illustrated dust wrapper, a little rubbed on corners and spine ends, gently bumped at edges.
