First edition, eighth impression. 252pp, with frontispiece and line drawings in text, all by Thomas Henry. Red cloth-covered boards with black lettering to spine. 12mo. cloth is worn, especially around edges, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, sunned and dry over spine, with a few mild marks. Upper text block edge dust darkened. Previous owner's details inked on front free endpaper else internally neat, clean and tidy. In its original, quite faded dust jacket, chapped all round edges, various creasing, shelf worn, old tape repairs on cracked spine, shelf worn, and some ticks against the list of titles on the verso.