1890. 2nd Edition. 410 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout with photographic frontispiece. Newspaper clipping about Wheat Bulb Fly inserted to front free endpaper. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards and pages throughout remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil marking and tears to some pages, text remains unaffected. Previous owner's inscription to title page. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.