1952. First Edition Thus. 243 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Colour illustration stuck to title page. Pull-out family tree to frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.