1949. Sixteenth Impression. 383 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Nancy Blackett. Maps across endpapers. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering is slightly dulled. Boards are slightly bowed.