1948. First Edition Thus. 203 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. 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. Light scuffing overall, with white marking to rear board.