1947. Fifth Edition. 1049 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to front hinge with exposed binding, causing board to be slightly loose. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. Book has a slight forward lean.