1954. First Edition. 248 pages. Colour photographic dust jacket over red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Colour frontispiece. Black and white illustrations throughout & photographic plates to mid-section. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Both endpapers are missing; with front hinge cracked also. 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. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy chips, tears and creasing. Tanning to spine and edges.