1956. 3rd Edition. 431 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. School prize plate to front endpaper with gilt emblem to front board. Pages are lightly tanned to edges. Small brown marks to fore edge of text block. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine. Minor fraying to spine ends and corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean.