1927. 8th Edition. 451 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Annotations to some pages. Pencil inscription and black marking to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.