1950. New impression with forword. 454 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Liquid marking across boards and spine. Minor ring mark to rear board. Top edge of text-block has water spotting. Binding shaky with some minor cracking to gutters. Gilt lettering darkened.