1955. Reprinted. 400 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Colour and black and white illustration plates throughout and maps. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Illustrations by W. Clough-Taylor. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Dedication to front pastedown and minor pencil annotations to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with mild marking and corner bumping. Spine sunned and tanned. Gilt lettering to spine is heavily dulled.