First Edition. 259 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates with 4 folded maps to rear. Noticeable cracking to rear hinge causing board to be loose. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. Faint dust marks to gutters. Stamp to top edge of front endpaper, half title and title pages. Mild tanning to plates. Folded maps are in good condition with minor wear to edges. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Small splits to corners and spine ends causing cloth to be slightly frayed. Faint black marks to rear with small ink drops. Book has a slight forward lean.