1949. First Published. 396 pages. Illustrative jacket over green cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Grey marks to boards. Binding is slightly shaky, but pages remain intact. Book has a noticeable forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges. Brown marks overall.