1952. First Edition. 243 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with brown lettering to spine. Black and white photographic frontispiece with plates throughout. Illustrated maps to pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Plates are moderately tanned with some foxing. Faint markings to rear pastedown. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Light annotations to some pages. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy sunning and some staining to spine and edges with slight crushing to ends. Stain to front board. Wear marks overall. Book has slight forward lean.