1949. Abridged Edition. 756 pages. Dust jacket (in two places) over blue cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Notable scratching and marking to boards. Mild sunning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Boards are notably warped. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Notable rubbing and marking all over.