1946. First Edition Thus. 220 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front. Black and white illustrative plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Pencil inscriptions and marks to some pages. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean.