1954. First Edition. 524 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with a photographic black and white frontis and black and white illustrations throughout. There is also photographic black and white plates throughout. Minor tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and minor foxing to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting and binding is loose. Boards have visible rubbing and notable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavier water stains to boards. The book is forward leaning.