1930. First Edition Thus. 770 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations by G.Spencer Pryse. Hinges are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Binding is slightly loose with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning to half title page. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing and splits to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.