1948. Reprinted. 414 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Black and white portrait frontispiece. Black and white fold-out maps at rear. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Cracking to hinges with exposed netting. Binding loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.