1947. First Edition. 684 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white plates. Well bound and clean pages, with heavy foxing and tanning to text block edges. Cracking to front hinge, with exposed netting. Heavy tanning to free endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed with sunning to spine.