1968. Seventeenth Edition. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with blue lettering to spine and front. Black and white photographs and illustrative plates throughout by Dennis Punnett. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild crinkling and light tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning causing discolouration. Lettering is darkened. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean. Surface damage to spine head.