1940. Second printing. 332 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, front board is loose from text block. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Markings to rear free endpaper and pastedown. Previous owner's inscription to title page with corner cut out. Front free endpaper removed. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Small stains to both boards with gilt decoration partially worn away to front board. Book has a slight forward lean.