1956. First Printed. 304 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering. Traces of tape to rear & front free endpapers & pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Contains black & white plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket. Panels have moderate edge wear with chips, tears, and creasing. Visible brown staining to top corner of jacket.