1958. Reprinted. 445 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs and diagrams. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Some marks and staining to surfaces.