1947. Reprinted. 341 pages. No dust jacket. Patterned paper covered boards with blue paper to spine. Colour illustrated endpapers and frontispiece, with plates and black and white illustrations throughout. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.