Fourth Impression. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Presentation plate to front paste-down. Previous owner's inscription to free end paper. Rear free end paper ripped. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding is shaky. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth is rippled. Moderate crushing to spine ends, with splitting, fraying and loss to the head, tail. Cloth has moderate damp and dust stains.