1949. First Edition. 246 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. 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. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Minor loss to spine. Moderate tanning to interior flaps, panels and spine.