1939. No edition remarks. 1171 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Gilt top edge to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. Some page corners folded. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.