1931. Fifth impression. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. From the Home University Library series. Publisher's adverts to rear. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Some annotations and marginalia throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Endpapers have strips of tanning. Blue liquid stains to upper text block edge and rear endpaper. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Water stains to rear. Intense tanning in places, especially spine. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall.