1952. First Edition. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with black lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with a pencil inscription to paste-down. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Minor dog-eared corners with a few small nicks to text block edges. Plates are bright and clear, with slight tanning and foxing to edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with notable corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Boards are subtly bowed. Unclipped jacket has moderate surface wear, with chips, tears and creasing to edges, corners and spine ends. Loss to upper edge. Lightly tanned overall.