1948. Revised edition. 447 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. Front free endpaper missing. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and sunning. Some additional mild marks and staining. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Book has slight forward lean.