1945. Twelfth Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Occasional foxing. Annotations and marginalia to first few pages. 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 and faded. Boards are warped. Book has a slight forward lean. Splits to spine tail, front joint.