1942. First Edition. 455 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minorsplits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.