1939. Ninth Edition. 656 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. Contains black and white photographs throughout. Pages have light tanning, heavier to edges with mild foxing. Text and photographs remain clear. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper and pastedown, with bookseller sticker. Cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Boards have light shelf-wear with slight corner bumping and minor denting to edges. Heavy sunning to spine and edges, with slight crushing to ends. Black and gilt lettering remains bright. Book is bowed and forward leaning.