4th impression. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Publisher's adverts to rear. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Foxing more intense towards the start and end of the book. Front endpaper has been removed. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. A few dog-eared corners. Text block edges intensely foxed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Book has an intense forward lean.