1952. Reprint. 476 pages. Green dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Minor thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Small annotations and marginalia to pages but text is not affected. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Noticeable sunning to spine ends however gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible staining to top of front board but textblock is unaffected. Clipped jacket. Heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Notable tanning to spine and panels.