1949. First Printed. 180 pages. Illustrative jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Tearing to page 155, text is readable. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Minor marks to boards. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.