1950. Reprinted. 764 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Brown block coloured illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to some pages, text remains unaffected. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends with splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Wear marks overall.