1954. Reprint. 1119 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece. Shaky binding due to cracked rear hinge, but all pages remain attached. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.