1955. Reprinted. 216 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates, with black and white in-text illustrations. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is slightly forward leaning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall.