1941. Eighth Impression. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine and edges. Mild foxing to surfaces. Scuffed red marking to front board, with blue mark to spine. Book is forward leaning.