Second Impression. 309 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative blue cloth. Black and white illustrated and photographic plates. Minor thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Paper residue to endpapers and pastedowns also. Book is noticeably bowed and forward leaning with visible tanning, staining and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends.