1947. Reprint. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mostly clean overall, with moderate tanning and some foxing throughout. Cracks to guttering, exposing netting. Binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Occasional thumb-marking. Minor water drops to top text block edge. Text is unaffected. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping. Visible sunning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Fraying to spine edges. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.