1947. No edition remarks. 532 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustration plates at rear. Black and white portrait frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed.