2009. First Edition Thus. 282 pages. No dust jacket. Quarter bound in grey leather with brown silk covered boards. Photographs by Herbert W. Gleason. Introduction by John Updike. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Upper text block edge silver. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Nineteen plates are bright and clear. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Slight droplet marks to front board. Silver lettering to spine is bright and clear. One grey fabric bookmark, slightly frayed to end. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor markings to panels. Very slight cracks to edges.