1927. No edition remarks. 285 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Illustrated black and white frontispiece. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Loss to front free end paper and rear paste-down. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Further dusty marking to both boards. Boards are bowed. Top edge of text block is dust marked. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened.