1954. Third Printing. 247 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over quarter bound cloth boards. Contains photographic plates. Mostly clean pages with light tanning to endpapers and page edges. Retail label on front paste-down, with rubbing and a few small nicks to text block edges. Some dog-eared corners. Inscription on front endpaper. Slight tanning along spine and board edges. Forward leaning. Mild rub wear to surfaces and edges with crushing to spine ends and bumps to corners. Mildly chipped dust jacket has a few creases, scuffs and small tears. Light tanning. Rubbing with shelf wear. Flaps are unclipped.