248 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front and spine, plus embossed decoration. Includes illustrated plates. Text block edges gilt. Pages 103-106 are loose from the rest. Front hinge cracking. Otherwise, pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Plates are clean with minor thumbing and foxing. Faint traces of prize plate to front pastedown. Front endpaper has been removed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Spine is slightly sunned. Gilt is bright.