1956. Second Impression. 300 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs and diagrams. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters. Binding slightly loose. Minor pencil inscriptions and a small stamp to endpapers. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Some marks and staining to surfaces. Book has slight forward lean.