1947. No Edition Remarks. 669 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Front free endpaper is missing. Pencil markings to back free endpaper and pastedown. Pencil and pen annotations and marginalia to a few pages and vocabulary test at back of book. Page 653 is nearly detached. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.