1950. Reprint. 882 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages are loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Creasing to some pages. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.