Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, To Nigel from the Author W. E. Johns 1943. Second edition and first Pyramid edition, published using the plates from the first edition, with 1936 stated but printed c1938. Bound in the publisher's cloth, pictorial decoration to front board. The spine ends, joints and extremities are a little bruised, resulting in discolouration. The boards are bright. A few small marks to the fore edge. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper. The binding is tight. The leaves are bright and unspotted. A very smart first Pyramid edition, uncommonly signed and inscribed example.