1949. First Edition. 241 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout with illustrated frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Staining overall.