No Edition Remarks. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Blue pictorial boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Front and rear free endpapers are missing. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Mild cracking to hinge and gutters, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Visible thumb-marking present throughout, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Slight bubbling to joints, with mottling to edges. Liquid drops on rear board.