124 pages, plus 52 'The Last Flower', unpaged. Green boards. The outer edges of the boards' head is bumped, the front board lightly discoloured at the head; the back board lightly stained at the tail and the illustration accompanying "brought about the collapse of civilization" in 'The Last Flower' suffers from a short tear at the tail.Apart fro the short tear, the body of the book is clean, unmarked and solid. " First British edition. Fables for our time, and famous poems illustrated previously published 1940.The last flower previously published 1939. "Here are a score or more lessons-in-prose dedicated to conventional sinners and proving- what you will. The fables are imperishably illustrated, and are supplemented by Mr. Thurber's own pictorial interpretations of famous poems in a wonderful and joyous assemblage." (goodreads)