London.Frederick Muller Ltd. 1947. [viii], [1], 2-140pp. Black & white frontispiece and many black & white illustrations throughout the text. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Spine a trifle mellowed and the gilt dulled; book-plate of the illustrator, Reginald Knowles to front paste-down endpaper. A very good copy.Reginald Knowles, the brother of Horace and Charles - both illustrators - worked for many years for the publishing firm of J. M. Dent as their in-house designer of decorative title-pages and book bindings.