1950. Second Edition. 609 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Moderate tape marks to free endpapers. Ink stamp inscription to front free endpaper. Bookseller sticker stuck to front pastedown. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.