1948. Reprinted. 222 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Prize plate to front pastedown. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. 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 ends. Book has slight backwards lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Front surface detached.