1952. First Edition. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are mildly tanned with heavy foxing to endpapers. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild warping to boards.