First edition, first printing. xiv, 310pp, black and white plate illustrations and further drawings, tables etc in text. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. 8vo. An ex university lending library copy with usual markings on front endpapers, call number on spine, and small stamps and annotations on copyright page and last leaf (no other library markings). Cloth is worn and mildly marked, quite heavily rubbed at spine ends and gently rounded at corners. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight barring library markings.
