1949. First Published. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Minor thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges and free endpapers. Light cracking and creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with noticeable sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has similar sunning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Gilt lettering is noticeably darkened. Book has a slight forward lean.