1949. First Edition. 771 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over decorated grey cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Dust jacket split into two pieces. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light scuffing and foxing to text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning and foxing to spine and edges. Slight water staining to top of spine. Minor dark brown marks to surfaces. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Reinforced with tape to insides. Heavy splits to joints. Scuffing to edges, with loss to panels.