1950. Second Edition, 1950 Impression. 563 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and title page. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is forward leaning. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Scuffing and light marking overall. Heavy splits to joints. Mild tanning to spine and edges.