1946. Second Printing. 713 pages. No dust jacket. Red boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrative and photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. 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 and faded.