1955. No edition remarks. 1003 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Fold-out map in pocket at rear. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Cracking to hinges with exposed netting. Binding loose. Front free endpaper missing. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Some additional mild marks and staining.