1948. First Edition. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece and plates. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Ink stamp inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases.