1923. No edition remarks. 266 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards. Illustrated throughout with monochromatic drawings by A. Lyn Dennis and photographic plates. Long edge of text block is rough cut. Binding remains reasonably firm but cracked at the gutter of the half title page. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing, heavier to end-papers and paste-downs. Previous owner's inscription and pencil markings to front free end-paper and front paste-down. Rough cut edge is dust marked. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Further marking to both boards. Mild crushing to spine ends. Small splits to head of spine. Moderate tanning to spine.