1946. Reprinted. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by W.M. Berger. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.