1952. First Edition. 664 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Colour frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Foxing to title page. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean.