1960. Reprinted. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white plates. Foreword written by The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Bookseller sticker stuck to front pastedown. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.