1948. First Edition. 278 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards. Book has a moderate forward lean. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and panel. Jacket is in removable plastic cover.