Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Kinnington, Eric H. (illustrator). First. Book condition is "Near Fine".                                     n First trade edition, first printing, with "First published for general circulation, 1935" on the colophon page. Hardcover first edition has a stunning array of charcoal drawings and fold-out maps. Tan cloth (buckram) binding with gilt lettering and design on front cover and spine. Dark brown top edge. Heavy and large, quarto-size book of 672 pages. There are 53 Kennington illustrations the majority of which are full page black and white (charcoal-style) portraits. Top edge of the boards remain unfaded and a deep brown hue. Slight toning (foxing) to the endpapers. Top edge of pages tinted brown by the publisher. The front and bottom edges of most pages have intentionally not been trimmed. There is no damage nor are there any annotations.