London.Longmans Green and Co. Ltd. 1965. xv, 294 pp. Black and white reproductions, maps and tables. Publisher's blue cloth with title to spine. Octavo. First edition. Binding has bumping to corners; the boards are heavily spotted; dust-wrapper is torn and chipped at the edges with the back being slightly dust soiled. Slight buckling to the outer corners of the text block. A good-plus copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author: 'To professor N. C. Phillips from C. W. Chalklin. ' Loosely laid in is a manuscript letter from the author to Professor Philips, dated 1965, presenting him with this copy of the book.