first edition
(1951) · London
by Crossley, Fred H.
London: B. T. Batsford LTD, (1951). First Edition. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt rules on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 1/4 by 6 5/8 inches with foxing to the end sheets, and edges of the text block. The pages within the text block are otherwise fine with no foxing or tanning. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with short closed tears at the ends of the spine area and with the red text on the spine faded which is also tanned. 167 pages including an index and text. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, line drawings and engravings. (Inventory #: TB28954)