1947. Sixth Edition. 858 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and photographs throughout. Clean pages with mild foxing throughout. Notable tanning and foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Mild sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Large water stains to front board. Heavy cocking to spine. Boards are mildly warped.