1960. Reprinted. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with pale blue lettering. Black and white photographic plates and maps and diagrams throughout. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Pages bright and clear with some tanning and foxing, particularly to endpapers. Minor pencil annotations to rear pastedown and some marginalia. Binding remains firm. Boards have very mild shelf wear with minimal bumping and fraying to corners and some rubbing to surfaces. Spine with mild crushing.