1949. Third Edition. 269 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards. Binding is somewhat shaky, but pages remain intact.