1942. First Edition thus. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Black boards with white lettering to spine. Binding remains firm. Couple of crinkled gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Price sticker and pencil inscriptions to front. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Splits and fraying to cloth at spine ends. Tanning to spine causing discolouration. Gilt lettering is bright and clear still.