1940. No edition stated. 759 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with silver titles and decoration to front and spine. Illustrated by the author. With notes. Pages have slight foxing, pronounced tanning and minor thumbing. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Slight warping to front endpaper. Text block edges are a little tanned with minor scratches. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Spine is slightly sunned. Silver titles are bright.