Revised and enlarged. 684 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound green leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt lettering to spine. Marbled edges to textblock. Black and white illustrations throughout. Ex libris plate at front. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy wear with bumped and abraded corners. Spine ends similarly worn and spine itself strongly scuffed. Gilt dulled. Board surfaces scratched and rubbed.