1948. First Edition. 296 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated yellow cloth. Contains black and white plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Moderate dark rubbing overall. Some stained marking to spine and front board.