1950. First Edition. 142 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations, with colour illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Light tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. Book has a slight forward lean.