1946. Eighth Printing. 446 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Scuffed paper remnants to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. Library marking to spine.