First edition. xi, 203, (4) pp. Publisher’s original orange cloth with decoration to front cover. Boards slightly darkened at edges and spine faded but spine lettering bright. Slight spotting. No ownership names. Colour frontis and 76 additional b&w illustratons by W. Heath Robinson. Four pages of adverts at rear. The first book in the Professor Branestawm series, originally written as stories for the BBC Radio’s ‘Children’s Hour’.