1953. No Edition Remarks. 317 pages. Green dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Small split to rear hinge. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is slightly forward leaning. Light sunning to spine and edges. Minor white marking to rear board edge. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Spine strip is partially loose. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Dark rubbing visible to rear panel. Light scuffing to spine strip and panel edges.