1948. First Edition. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Colour frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Tape marks to endpapers. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and sunning. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.