Green decorative boards with faded gold lettering to the spine. Bumping and wear to top and bottom of spine. New end papers to front and rear. Light foxing to the front and rear pages. Spotting to the closed page edges. No inscriptions, 495pp, clean pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Navy boards with gold lettering to the spine. Light spotting to the closed page edges. Pictorial clipped dust jacket, with wear to the top and bottom of the spine and more wear along the top edge. Some repairs have been made to the inside of the jacket. Now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No inscriptions, 429pp, pages are clean throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Blue boards with gold lettering to the spine. A few spots to the top of the closed page edge only. Glazed pictorial unclipped dust wrapper with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No inscriptions, 270pp, clean and bright pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Blue boards with gold lettering to the spine. Slight lean to the boards and some spotting to the closed page edges. School stamp to the ffep. Clipped dust jacket with repairs to the inside. Small knicks to the extremities, now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No inscriptions, 143pp, clean and bright pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Brown boards with silver lettering to the spine. Glazed pictorial unclipped dust wrapper, now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No inscriptions, 150pp, clean and bright pages throughout. A fabulous copy. (Any digital image available on request).

Eighth edition. Black boards with gold lettering to the spine. Tanning to inside boards and end papers. Rear board becoming loose, yet still hold together well. Wear to the top and bottom of the spine. Rough page edges. No inscriptions, 397pp, clean pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Blue boards with blue lettering to the spine. Lightly foxed to the inside boards and closed page edges are tanned. Owners inscription to the inside front board. Unclipped dust wrapper with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Jacket has browned. Now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No further inscriptions, 252pp, clean pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Deep purple boards with gold lettering to the spine. Glazed pictorial unclipped dust wrapper, minor shelf wear to the extremities, now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No inscriptions, 512pp, clean pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Green boards with gold lettering to the spine. Neat owners inscription to the top of the ffep. Foxed to the closed page edges and to the jacket. Wrapper is clipped with small tears to the top and bottom of the spine. Spine is sunned, now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No further inscriptions, 322pp, clean pages with black and white illustrations throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Grey boards with red lettering to the spine. Tanning to closed page edges. Glazed pictorial unclipped dust wrapper, spine sunned, now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No inscriptions, 370pp, clean pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Black boards with silver lettering to the front and spine. Some light spotting to the closed page edges only. Two lengthy owners inscriptions to the ffep in blue ink, one dated 1949 the other 1979. Pictorial unclipped dust jacket. Significant wear to the spine including a tear towards the bottom, lighter wear to the remaining extremities. Now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No further inscriptions, 349pp, clean pages throughout. A tight copy. (Any digital image available on request).

Red boards with gold lettering to the spine. Very light shelf wear to the extremities. No inscriptions, 241pp, clean and bright pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).