1948. Reprinted. 720 pages. Colour patterned dust jacket over purple boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white frontispiece. Introduction by Christopher Morley. Binding remains firm. Front endpaper is torn out. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened. Clipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss to front, heavy chips, tears and creasing. Tanning to spine and edges.