1949. First Edition Thus. 395 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.