1950. Twelfth Impression. 914 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Minor dog-earring and tanning to otherwise clear pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Moderate cracking to front hinge, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has similar tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.