1954. First Edition. 520 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with a colour illustrated frontis and plates throughout. There is also photographic black and white plates throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and heavier tanning to text block edges. Binding is loose. Boards have visible rubbing and edge wear. Noticeable bumping to corners and fair crushing to spine ends.