1947. 5th Edition. 436 pages. No dust jacket. Green paper covered boards with grey cloth to spine. Book is 2.01kg. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Green tape to pastedowns. Creasing to some pages. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Mottling to both boards.