1948. Reprinted. 348 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Brown cloth. Signed by the author to front free endpaper. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. 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. Mild sunning and foxing to spine and edges. Book is forward leaning. Minor brown staining to spine.