First edition, first impression. xii, 306pp, with black and white plate illustrations. Black publisher's cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. 8vo. Some light staining to cloth on upper panel, very slightly pushed at spine ends. Faint and occasional spotting on text block edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original paper dust wrapper, shelf worn, gently rubbed on extreme corners and spine tips, tiny mark on spine.