1944. Fifth Impression. 334 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. School embossing to front board. Pages are rough cut. Pages are moderately tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper, with a retail sticker on paste-down. Minor dog-eared corners, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with slight bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning and sunning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Thumb-marking to front board.