1963. First Edition. 815 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front. Edited by various authors. Black and white illustrations, photographs, charts and diagrams throughout. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges causing discolouration. Gilt lettering is darkened slightly. Book has a slight forward lean.