Dust jacket in two pieces, detached at spine. It also has some staining at corners and edges, and general shelf wear and edgewear. Red cloth decorative boards with bright gilt lettering and look quite nice have a small bump to bottom right corner, a small stain to top back corner, faded spine, and light shelfwear. Front free endpaper have two gift inscriptions, one from 1937, the other from 1966. Pages have text and lovely color illustrations and are clean and free of markngs, Publication date estimated (no date given in book). ***Ships today or next business day. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes (not envelopes). A gift card and personalized message can be included upon request.***