1947. First Edition Thus. 292 pages. Dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with heavy foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Light tanning to board edges and spine. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Tape to tears on inside. Heavy foxing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine.