1949. No Edition Remarks. 794 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Hinges are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Top textblock edge dyed red. 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.