No Edition Remarks. 315 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative blue cloth with pictorial paper cover to front board. Contains black and white illustrations and colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present to some pages. Noticeable cracking to gutters and hinges, with exposed netting. Torn remnant of plate to front free endpaper. Binding is weakened, however text block remains secure. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.