1946. Second printing. 348 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout with slight markings to some pages. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Dent to top edge of front board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Small areas of loss to spine ends with medium tanning to spine and rear panel. Wear marks overall.