1950. First Edition. 324 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations & photographs. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Front hinge cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Minor dog-eared corners to some pages. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Split to upper front joint and to mid-rear joint. Lettering to spine is dulled. Some fraying to cloth at edges.