1954. Eighth Edition. 286 pages. Dust jacket over orange cloth. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Black and white and colour photographic plates throughout. German text. 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 has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.