1946. Eighth Edition. 371 pages. Beige dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy chips, tears and creasing. Tanning to spine and edges.