1953. Fourth Edition. 667 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white in-text photographs. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Heavy cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be slightly loose. Text-block is loose from binding. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits. Notable water staining and ring marking to surfaces.