First edition with these illustrations. Publisher's original red cloth illustrated and with titles in black, grey and white. In the publisher's slipcase. Illustrated with a frontispiece and six further full page colour plates by Alex Wells. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original slipcase. Scarce.
First published in the UK without illustrations by Grayson and Grayson in 1952. This newly illustrated edition follows the text of the first edition, with minor emendations.
Stock code: 24967
£260