1947. No Edition Remarks. 524 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. More pronounced to endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Heavy water staining to pastedowns, endpapers and other pages. Thumb-marking present to some pages. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Notable crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is dulled. Water staining evident to spine and boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Panels to dust jacket are in separate sections and have heavy edge wear with chips, tears and areas of loss. Dust jacket is marred by heavy water-staining.