1946. Reprinted. 882 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with black and white illustrations throughout. Prize plate to front endpaper. Mild tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Minor tanning to text block edges and slight dog-eared pages throughout. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have minor rubbing and moderate bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavier rubbing to spine.