1936. Reprinted. 757 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with a colour illustrated frontis and colour illustrated plates throughout. There is black and white illustrations throughout. Heavy foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and major tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Binding is loose. Boards have major rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and visible bleach spotting and rubbing to spine. The book is forward leaning.