Harvill Press, London, 1953. First edition. Gray cloth has gilt titles on front and spine. Some sunning and spotting to the edges of the boards and the spine ends. Contents tight with scattered foxing to first and last few pages. Full page B&W photos are in excellent condition. 148 pp., 69 B/W photo reproductions each with a relevant statement by one of 22 contemporary authors including John Betjeman, Paul Dehn, Clifford Dyment, T. S: Eliot, G. S. Fraser, Roy Fuller, Henry Green, Aoan Pryce-Jones, Laurie Lee, John Lehmann, C. Day Lewis, John Minton, William Plomer, Anthony Powell, Leonard Rosoman, Alan Ross, William Sansom, Stephan Spender, G. W. Stonier, A. S. J. Tessimond, Keith Vaughan and Angus Wilson. Dust jacket has faded spine and chipping to edges. Small absences at spine edge of top front and to bottom rear edge.