1950. Reprint. 470 pages. Beige decorative dust jacket over cream decorative cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Title page to page 6 are torn to gutter but still attached. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Notable tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces.