1947. Reprinted. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over decorated blue paper covered boards with red cloth to spine. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Occasional thumb-marking present. Small split to front hinge. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Book is slightly forward leaning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Moderate rubbing and marking to surfaces, with scuffing to edges and small splits to joints.