1940. No edition stated. 270 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white frontispiece. Ex-libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are slightly tanned with notable foxing throughout. Heavier tanning and foxing to text-block edges, pastedowns and endpapers with small staining. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surface. Notable staining, starching and scuffing to boards. Heavy sunning to spine with visible fraying and crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is slightly darkened.