1940. No Edition Remarks. 390 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations and illustrative plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Occasional foxing. Title page is torn at side edge. Two following pages has small loss at same area. Sticker 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. Book has a slight forward lean.