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1942. Second Impression. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is darkened.

1943. Third Impression. 251 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

1947. Fourth Impression. 251 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Some creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards.

1942. 2nd impression. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with white lettering. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.

2nd Imp of 1st edition, 286pp, illustrated, bound in sl marked original brown cloth rubbed and marked ; Large Octavo

Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with white titles, spine sunned, cloth bumped at corners, no inscriptions. 288 pages, illustrations in the text by the author

Reprint, 1943. War economy standard. Slight discolouration to cloth at bottom edge of spine & boards; dust jacket worn & chipped, with red stain & browned spine. Owner's name on front free end paper. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacke

Lovely copy of this title. Book is mint with no marks or inscriptions. Dust jacket is price clipped otherwise is mint and now in a clear removable protective sleeve.

Some rubbing and small tears to edges of wrapper, some soiling to rear and a disclouored strip to upper rear edge where it has been reinforced with sellotape, which has now been removed.spine is slightly darkened. Wrapper now in clear removable protective sleeve. No inscriptions, price clipped, illustrated. Bright and clean internally with very little reading wear. Some slight spotting to edge of text block. Heavy book which will require additional postage outside the UK.

1943 reprint, 8vo., 252pp., full page & other illustrations by D J Watkins-Pitchford, small address label on front endpaper, slight tear on top edge of half-title, foxing on top & fore-edge, good, unclipped dust jacket, chipped at head & tail of spine, foxed.