First edition. viii, 176pp, 8pp publisher's ads; numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Blue cloth-covered boards; gilt illustration and title on front, gilt titles on spine; bottom text block edge untrimmed. 12mo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed bottom corners and spine ends. Text block edges tanning. Free endpapers tanning; pages starting to age; gutters cracked and strained, volume loose. Otherwise, internally neat and clean.
