1947. No edition remarks. 832 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Cracking to front hinge with netting exposed. Binding loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. 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. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some tape repairs and reinforcing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces. Spine noticeably sunned.