1949. Eighth Impression. 744 pages. Beige dust jacket over blue cloth. Jacket is split into two pieces. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Foxing to all surfaces.