hardback, thick octavo, black cloth lettered gilt to spine, A tightly bound copy, neat signature of a previous owner else with an unmarked text, minor spotting. The pictorial dust jacket is lightly shelf soiled. Illustrated, eleven folding maps of which two have been poorly folded and are chipped to the leading edge as a result, short closed tear to the leading edge of the rear free endpaper, xix + 728pp.