1953. Second Edition. 480 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. German text. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Occasional annotations, underlining and marginalia in pencil and pen; text remains unaffected. Binding remains firm. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has similar tanning with soft crushing to ends.