1946. No edition stated. 617 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with silver titles to spine. Abridgement by D C Somervell. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper and pastedown. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Slight bowing and creasing to front board. Spine is heavily sunned. Silver titles are bright.