Hardback. Bright blue stamped and decorated boards; gilt titles on spine just very slightly faded; inset into oval panel on the front cover is a colour picture of pansies, still very bright indeed. There is a little bumping to the spine ends and corners, and very light foxing to edges. Endpapers are a little browned; there is a crease to the corner of the frontispiece of Brading Church; a previous owner has made some pencil notes on the inside pastedown and rear endpaper. Otherwise, internally excellent.