1948. First Edition Thus. 244 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with faintly tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with visible thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription scribbled out to front pastedown. Missing front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to front board. Minor warping to boards.