1939. 24th Edition. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and colour plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Some crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. MArks and scratches to boards. Textblock is shaky.