1927. Second Impression. 261 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and illustrated plates throughout. Moderate ink marks and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and slight dog-eared pages throughout. Heavier foxing & tanning to text block edges & both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. There is cracks to guttering. Boards have major ink marks and rubbing with heavy bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavier ink marks and sunning to spine. Splitting to joints and book is forward leaning.