1937. Reprinted. 464 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations, illustrative and photographic plates. Colour illustrative plates also. Edited and augmented by Emma Von Sichart. Translated by Alexander K. Dallas.Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened slightly. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean.