1944. First Edition. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece and plates. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Pages and plates are heavily tanned and foxed with visible markings throughout. Binding throughout is slightly loose, however all page remain attached. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.