1948. 397 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Light tanning, with foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning and foxing to text block edges. Moderate rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions and remnants to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed.