1934. Reprinted. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Blue decorative cloth. Rear endpaper missing. Some visible loss to p255 but text is unaffected. Black and white illustrated plates. Prize plate to front free endpaper. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Pencil drawing to reverse of page 63. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft fraying and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.