1952. No edition remarks. 377 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding slightly loose. Previous owner's name to front pastedown and half-title page. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is strongly dulled. Some additional mild marks and staining.