1949. First Edition. 183 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mostly clean overall, with moderate tanning and some foxing throughout. Slight crinkling to paper at gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Book is bowed and backward leaning. Unclipped jacket. Panels have heavy edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Substantial area of loss to edges.