Hardback book in olive green cloth boards and titles in gilt to front and spine in very good condition with only minor bumping to top and tail of spine.  Dustwrapper in good condition with edge wear to top and bottom of front and rear covers.  Slight circular soiling to bottom edge of text block (1 cm).  Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and 95 colour plates and frontispiece.  Bibliography, text index and index of illustrations. A new edition of the work originally published in 1929, with an introduction by Ian Bennett.