1945. First Impression. 443 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Volume I. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns.Pages are heavily tanned with noticeable foxing throughout.Ink stamp inscription to title page. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear and water marks to boards.