1949. First Edition. 380 pages. Blue and black dust jacket over brown cloth with black and white illustrations throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and heavier foxing and tanning to text block edges. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have minor rubbing and light bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and book is forward leaning. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends with major foxing and sunning to interior.