1963. First abridged edition. 777 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front and spine. Separately paginated word list and index to rear. Pages have deckled edges. With material from Raven I McDavid and David W Maurer. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Gilt is slightly dulled.