Book Club edition. 368pp, with numerous black and white plate illustrations. Red publisher's cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, a little faded on extreme upper edges. Upper text block edge dust darkened. Previous owner's name neatly inked on the front free endpaper else internally neat, bright, clean and tight. In its original dust wrapper, a little shelf worn, gently rubbed on corners and spine ends, sunned over spine.