1952. 665 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Some mild marks and staining to surfaces. Book has slight forward lean.