1956. First Edition. 523 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Laminated pictorial paper covered boards. Black and white photographs and many fold-out maps. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding loose. Some underlining. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Some tape repairs to spine.