1949. Reprinted. 1332 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding is shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Scuffing and light marking overall. Mild tanning to spine and edges. White marking to surfaces. Book is forward leaning.