Hardcover book with cloth covered boards and some shelfware. Boards have grazing to all edges, denting and grazing to corners and spine ends. Some smudges and watermarks to front board and spine, spine has heavy sun fading and discolouration. Back boards have some black pen marks here and there and fading along top and spine, see photos. Front cover hinge slightly loose at the bottom, text block remains firmly attached. Text block edge is in good condition with slightly uneven pages. Flaps from previous dust jacket are adhered inside front and back boards, see photos. Foxing to 1st and last few pages.

Pages otherwise clean and in very good condition with an occasional smudge or spot of foxing near page edges here and there. Illustrated with one black-and-white image at the front. Overall condition very good. Includes forward by Sir Winston Churchill.