1948. Ninth Edition. 796 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout, heavy foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and board edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Notable foxing. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Moderate water staining to surfaces.