1962. First Edition. 710 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustration plates. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. A gutter and a torn page corner with tape repairs. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Boards are slightly bowed.