1905. New edition. 296 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper which has a heavy crease. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Some additional mild marks and staining.