1953. First Published in Great Britain. 301 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers.Light thumb-marking present. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Light water staining to boards. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Heavy splits along joints. Scuffing and dark marking overall.