First English Edition. 442pp. Black cloth-covered boards, red titles on spine, red design on front. Spine ends bumped. Heavy shelf wear. Red stained top text block edge. Stain to top corner of text block edge which seems to have stuck the rear end paper to board and then was released causing some damage. Tanning on free end papers from when there still was a dust jacket. Translated from the French by Nora Bickley. Examines the important chapter in the history of France.