1st thus. xlviii, 712pp, with occasional black and white illustrations. Black publisher's cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. Bright red endpapers. Large 8vo. Cloth is a little worn, gently rubbed and rounded on corners and spine heel. A few spots on text block edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original shelf worn and price clipped dust jacket, a little misfolded, gently rubbed on corners and lightly bumped on extreme edges.