1950. Reprinted. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.