No Edition Remarks. 348 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains colour illustrated frontispiece, with black and white illustrated plates throughout. Shaky binding due to cracked hinges, but all pages remain attached. Missing rear free endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and mildly foxed, but text remains clear. Plates are bright. Heavy marking to pages and plates; no text or image is obscured. Pencil scribbles to front free endpaper, with prize plate to pastedown opposite. Boards have heavy shelf-wear, with visible corner bumping and noticeable scuffing to edges. Visibly crushed and moderately split spine ends. Heavy rubbing and scuffing overall, with some noticeable marking also. Book has a noticeable forward lean.