1955. Fifteenth printing. 517 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Brown tape marks to board cloth. Mild crushing to spine ends. Top edge of text block is dust marked. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.