1964. Seventh impression. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding loose. A small piece of tape and a previous owner's name stamp to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. All surfaces mildly tanned and sunned. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.