1955. First Published in Great Britain. 243 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Translation H.T. Russell. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Light scuffing and brown marking to text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine ends and edges. Faint grey marking to boards. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Dark rubbed marking to all surfaces, with scuffing to edges. Mild tanning to spine, with slight loss to ends. Some faint water staining to surfaces.