viii, 254pp, a few black and white photographic plates (inc. frontispiece). 8vo. Tan cloth-covered boards, red titles on spine, a few black and white illustrations and diagrams. 8vo. Boards very lightly soiled. Spine lightly sun-faded. Corners lightly rubbed and heavily rounded. Text block edges lightly soiled. Some tanning on endpapers, moderate foxing on rear endpapers, ex-lender's pocket on rear pastedown. Light soiling on half-title page verso and frontispiece verso. Internally neat and tight. Dust jacket spine is sun-faded and heavily mottled, heavy chipping at ends, <2cm closed tears and minor loss at head, price sticker towards heel; lightly soiled, chipping at corners, not price-clipped. On the theory that young children learn best through doing.
