1950. No Edition Remarks. 457 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Ex-libris label. Flat signed by author to front free endpaper. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.