Second Edition . No dust jacket. Fully bound in brown leather. Book has been rebound. Institute of Shorthand writers copy with plate to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing and markings throughout. Noticeable cracking to hinges; rear board is slightly loose. Binding throughout remains firm. Minor water markings to fore edge of last few pages. Text is unaffected. Inscribed by A T Wright to plate attached to front pastedown and reverse of front endpaper. Noticeable creasing to pastedowns. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Splits to joints. Leather peeling to to edges and spine. Faint marks and scratches overall. Book has a slight forward lean.