1950. Fourth Impression. 318 pages. Blue dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Volume I. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Light creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to spine. White marks overall. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with notable areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges. Marks overall.