1949. Reprinted. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Front endpaper is missing. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and rear endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed and tanned.