1952. First Published in Great Britain. 431 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Printed genealogical table stuck to front pastedown. Contains black and white plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Dark rubbing and marking to surfaces, with scuffing to edges. Tanning to spine and edges.