First edition. 244, 8 (publisher's catalogue)pp, with a black and white plate frontispiece and 26 further black and white plate illustrations. Maps on endpapers. Red publisher's cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth slightly worn, with markon front panel. Gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, sunned over spine. Text block edges spotted. Hint of spotting on half-title page, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.