1958. First Edition. 705 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Foreword by Viscount Malvern. Various appendices of state offices over years. Library sticker, stamps and inscriptions to front free endpaper and pastedown. Binding a little shaky. Minor cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Heavy fraying to cloth at tail end of spine. One bumped corner to top right front board. Gilt lettering slightly darkened. A couple of scuffs and chalk marks to front and back boards.