1938. Reprinted. 639 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Book has slight forward lean.