1949. First Edition. 767 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated and photographic plates. Minor staining and tanning to pages and plates. Slightly more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild ring marking, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has similar tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.