1944. No Edition Remarks. 494 pages. Transparent dust jacket over illustrated paper covered boards with cloth to spine. Colour illustrations by Edward A Wilson. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers, as well as title pages. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has similar staining and tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Heavy rubbing and slight loss to edges. Clipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall. Notable browning to front panel.