The spine strip is badly faded, causing title to be illegible; the tail and head of spine are slightly frayed; the edges chipped. There's the shadow of a cup on the front board and minor staining on inside back cover; the front paste down has a heavy pencil squiggle with a thin red line running across it, and the back one is damage in two spots where the paper is torn. The front paste down and the front end paper both have a horizontal crease running along the middle which goes through to the title page, but with diminishing severity. There is also another short, thin red line across the original price - 2/6. There's an ownership signature on the title page.The the back hinge is exposed at head though the binding is still solid; mild foxing throughout. Page 321 is crushed at the bottom edge, this does not affect the printing. The copy suffers from a few ailments but remains overall in very good health.