256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Colour frontispiece. No title page. Contains black & white, colour illustrations and plates. Pages are mildly tanned & foxed throughout. Heavier to endpapers & paste downs. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Thumb-marking present. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.