Tall 4to. (305 x 214 mm). Publisher’s original green gilt-lettered cloth, t.e.g., decorative endpapers; xvi, 247, [1] 17 colour-printed plates including the frontispiece, each tissue-guarded, 22 b/w halftone plates printed on 12 leaves hors texte, pp.121-247 printed on laminated stock consisting mainly of halftone plates, several plans and line drawings within the main body of the text; neat pencil signature, dated ‘May 1909’ to the half-title; light even browning to the tissue guards as often, otherwise a bright, sound copy.

First edition.

Stock number: 1471