1947. First Edition. 726 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over light brown cloth with black and white illustrations throughout. Heavy tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and heavier foxing and tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible rubbing and foxing with minor bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends and noticeable rubbing to spine as well. Unclipped jacket with major edge wear and visible rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and splitting to joints as well. Jacket has heavy creasing.