1878. No Edition Stated. 499 pages. No dust jacket. Vol. I. Black cloth with gilt lettering. New spine has been added. B&W frontispiece. Tissue guard detached but present. Previous owner's inscription to front blank. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Both hinges partly cracked. Pages are rough cut. Moderate wear and bumping to spine and board edges, with damage to corners. Minor scuffing, staining and marking to boards.