1951. First Edition. 348 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Maps across endpapers. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Some page corners folded. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering is dulled. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Many tape repairs. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Ink inscription to front flap.