1948. Reprinted. 675 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over decorated red cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and pastedown. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is slightly forward leaning. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall.