1949. Second Printing. 527 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Stamp to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Light creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Minor crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards. Binding is slightly shaky, but pages remain intact.