1945. 8th Edition Reset. 1101 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Severe cracking to gutters and hinges, with exposed netting. Binding is weakened. Pen inscriptions to pastedowns and endpapers. Water staining to some pages, including pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Prominent fraying to cloth at spine ends. Gilt lettering is dulled. Loss to bottom edge of rear board.