1949. First Edition. 176 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and photographic plates. Dust jacket split in two pieces. Frontispiece is detached but still present. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to text block edges. Binding is firm with very mild splitting to front hinge. Minor creasing to page 21. Faint pencil mark to front endpaper. Plates are lightly tanned to edges. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning. Unclipped jacket. Dust jacket has heavy edgewear with large areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Front panel is detached from spine with heavy tearing to flap. Tanning and wear marks overall. Brown staining to front with a noticeable ring mark.