1946. Reprinted. 243 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to title page. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Book is slightly forward leaning. Faint red marking to joints. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Notable dark rubbing and marking to surfaces, with scuffing to edges. Light tanning to spine and edges.