1940. Fifth Edition. 285 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over beige cloth covered boards. Illustrated black and white frontispiece. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing. Spine and extremes of board edges are moderately sunned. Damp staining to all panels.