1952. Reprinted. 315 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Front free end paper excised. Pages 43-50 are detached from text block but present. Binding is otherwise reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Patchy sunning to spine head and tail. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.