1950. No edition remarks. 551 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth covered boards. Black and white illustration plates. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some additional heavy marks and staining. Book has slight forward lean.