1953. Thirteenth impression. 741 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial blue cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably sunned. Front flap detached.