vi, 218pp, [6]pp publisher's ads; numerous tissue-guarded black and white photographic plates, in-text illustrations. Brown cloth-covered boards; gilt design on boards; cream endpapers. 4to. Loss to spine, joints and corners; heavily bumped and rubbed extremities. Text block edges tanning. Endpapers tanning; previous owner's inscription on first blank page; early pages foxing, pages ageing, volume quite loose.
