1874. No Edition Remarks. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Red pictorial boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Front free endpaper is missing. Pages are moderately tanned with notable foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription and liquid stain to reverse of frontispiece, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Visible thumb-marking present throughout. Moderate cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting. Binding is mostly firm. Bubbling to rear paste-down. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Book has a mild forward lean and slight bow. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Bleach staining to front board.