1931. Fifteenth Edition. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt decoration. Sepia photographic frontispiece. Maps to endpapers. Pages are mildly tanned and moderately foxed, heavier to edges, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Previous owner's inscription to reverse of front free endpaper. Deckled edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear, with noticeable corner bumping and denting to edges. Small split to top edge of front board. Spine and edges are heavily sunned, with noticeable crushing and slight splitting to ends. Noticeable rubbing and marking overall. Gilt remains bright.