1944. Reprint. 547 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Some annotations and marginalia to occasional pages. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with heavy rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed and heavily tanned.