1963. 700 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Page corners are stuck together. Bright pages with light tanning to endpapers and page edges. Cracked guttering with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Former owner's name on front endpaper, with water staining, rubbing and a few small nicks to text block edges. Some minor dog-eared corners. Light tanning along spine and board edges. Forward leaning and bowed. Mild rub wear to surfaces and edges with crushing to spine ends and bumps to corners. Split to spine end. Bubbling on front board.