1954. First Edition. 415 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations, plates and folded maps. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.