1947. First Published. 194 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and colour plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Brown and white marks overall. Textblock is shaky.