Edition De Grande Luxe. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with title label on spine. The World's Famous Places and Peoples. Edition De Grande Luxe limited to 500 copies. Copy No. 297. Vol. I only. Pages are rough cut. Front endpaper is missing. Contains black and white and colour photographic plates. Pages are moderately tanned with light foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Visible thumb-marking present throughout, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Page 250 plate is almost detached. Plates are moderately tanned with foxing present. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with noticeable bumping to corners, crushing and fraying to spine ends, and considerate rub wear to surfaces. Book has a slight forward lean. Water drops down spine.