1953. First Edition. 700 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to reverse of front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Heavy sunning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Notable scratching and marking to boards.