1955. First Abidged and Revised Vers. 569 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Annotations, underlining and marginalia to sections of the text - not impacting readability. Previous owner's sticker and pen marking to front paste-down. Binding is a bit shaky. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Top edge and bottom corner of text block is dust marked. Moderate tanning to spine and cloth a little slack. Mild damp staining to boards. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.