No edition remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt and a pasted on colour illustration. Full colour frontispiece and illustrated plates. Publisher's catalog at rear. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Remains of presentation plate on front paste-down. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Thumb-marking present. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.