The Bodley Head, London, First edition 1941, reprinted 1949. Hardback, bound in black cloth with title in gilt on the spine; octavo, 351 pp; frontispiece photograph of the author by Dorothy Wilding, Foreword by Charles B Cochran, many illustrations throughout; illustrated D/J. Book condition: Fair, ex-library book, Dewey classification number in white on spine, ffep untidily removed, obliterated rubber stamp on front paste-down, antique adhesive tape used to hold half-title page to front paste-down; library stamps on verso of title page, slight foxing on top edge of folio block; otherwise the binding is tight and not bumped; no other inscriptions. D/J condition: Good, 2 cm tear at top of spine, chipping and Dewey classification number at bottom of spine (see images); price-clipped.