1953. No Edition Remarks. 288 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white and colour plates. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages and plates with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpaper and pastedowns. Front free endpaper is missing. Minor dog-eared corners. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Boards are bowed. Visible wear marks to boards.