1944. Eighth Edition. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with visible thumb-marking throughout. Moderate foxing to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable sunning to board edges and heavy to spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to spine. Mild creasing to front board.