1945. No edition remarks. 130+ pages. Beige covers with colour illustration and black lettering to spine and front. Mixture of colour and black and white illustrations, photographs and plates. Section of plates at back unpaginated. Possibly signed by the author.Glue remains firm. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Colour illustrative plates moderately tanned. Photographs and illustrations mildly tanned. There is the previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper.Front hinge is split. Covers have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Small area of front has surface layer removed. Splits to front joint. Severe tanning all over, lettering is darkened slightly.