1949. Reprinted. 339 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pencil annotations to pages throughout. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Text is clear. Binding is slightly shaky , however pages remain attached. Book has a slight forward lean. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Slight sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened to spine. Brown staining to spine joints.