1944. Third Impression. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Boards are slightly bowed.