1946. No edition remarks. 518 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout by John Moll. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding slightly loose. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.