1947. Second printing. 353 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Notable are detached but still present. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light bumping to corners. Some crushing to spine ends. Slight tanning to spine and edges. Textblock is shaky. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.