1950. First edition thus. 496 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Book has slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with large tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces. Spine noticeably tanned. Rear surface nearly detached from spine.