Third Impression. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light foxing and moderate to heavy tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some noticeable looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild ring marking, tanning and scuffing overall. Noticeable splitting to joints. Spine has lighter tanning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.