Stated First Edition in original dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards have some fading at top and bottom edges. Bright silver lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs and drawings in black and white and full color. 256 pages with index. Dust jacket has creasing and closed tears, edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.