1927. Twenty-first Edition. 688 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Multiple language texts. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscription to rear free endpaper. Binding is very slightly loose but pages remain attached. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.