1952. First Edition. 433 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards with cloth spine. Black and white frontispiece. Maps across endpapers. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Some water staining to textblock. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and rubbing to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Some moderate marks and staining to surfaces. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Book has slight backwards lean.