1946. Reprinted. 335 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding slightly loose. Some page corners folded. Moderate inscriptions to endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Book has strong forward lean. Inscription on front and back.