New Edition. 252 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Book rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Publisher's adverts to rear. With illustrated frontispiece. Text block edges speckled. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to reverse of frontis. Slight creasing to title page. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Gilt is bright.