No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue pictorial cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrated plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed with heavy tanning to endpapers and text block edges. Cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Former owner's inscription and pencil drawings to free endpapers and pastedown. Annotation to page 79. Visible thumb-marking present throughout. Minor dog-eared corners, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with noticeable bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and considerate rub wear to surfaces. Book is substantially forward leaning and bowed. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Liquid drops on rear board.