1947. No Edition Remarks. 424 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Jacket is in plastic cover and taped to board. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking present. Heavy cracking to front hinge with exposed binding, causing board to be slightly loose. Brown tape staining to endpapers. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Boards are presumed clean as jacket is taped down. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Jacket is in plastic cover. Dark rubbing and mild tanning to surfaces. Library stickers and tape to spine.