1939. No Edition Remarks. 415 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed with visible markings throughout. Binding throughout is slightly loose, however all page remain attached. Pencil writings to front free endpaper. Label stuck to front pastedown. Newspaper article stuck to back pastedown. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Book has a slight forward lean. Heavy wear marks to boards.