New edition. 265 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Front endpaper is loose. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Marginalia to a few pages. Hinges and guttering are cracked. Binding is loose. Stamps to front endpaper. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.