First UK Edition. 302 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Colour illustrated plates and black and white in-text illustrations throughout. Translated from the Russian by John P. Mandeville. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. Slightly more pronounced to text block edges, endpapers, and pastedowns. Binding remains firm with mild cracking to gutters, on occasion. Plates remain bright and clear. Minor brown marks to bottom edge of pages 63-66. Text is unaffected. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate sunning to boards and spine with crushing to spine ends. Mild scuffing to spine top edge. Noticeable sunning marks overall with minor brown stains. Book has a slight forward lean.