1955. First Edition. 336 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Folded maps. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.