1953. No Edition Remarks. 299 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Minor foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Some slight looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning with visible staining, sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.