1947. First Edition. 244 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Cracking to front hinge with exposed binding, causing board to be slightly loose. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth.Book is slightly forward leaning. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Light scuffing to surfaces.