1945. No Edition Remarks. 404 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions.Black and white photographic and illustrated plates. Minor dog-earring, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers, lighter to plates. Moderate tearing to some pages at gutters causing some looseness to binding; text unaffected. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier staining and tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.