1950. First Edition. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Brown mark to front free endpaper. Minor pen marginalia to a few pages. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Light marking overall.