1959. Reprint. 488 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning and moderate foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild water droplets to surfaces. Books has a backward lean.