Second edition. Hardcover book . Blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and front cover, no dustjacket. Top page edges gilt. xi, 274pp, large quarto. With 8 colour plates from paintings by Lionel Edwards & Harold Wallace, and numerous b&w plates from drawings by them, as well as some b&w photos. The colour plates have titled tissue-guards. Very Good overall. The pages are very good and well-bound, with light foxing to closed edges and title page . Light rubbing to edges and corners. Previous owner's name to front end-paper. The cover titles in bright gilt .