1950. 3rd Edition. 471 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards and pages throughout remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Staining to some pages, text remains readable. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Staining to front board. Wear marks overall.