1947. Eighth Impression. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to half title page. Thumb-marking present. Tearing to rear pastedown. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Red marks to front board. Brown an white marks overall. Textblock is shaky.