1897. No Edition Remarks. 179 pages. No dust jacket. Blue pictorial boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are rough cut. Frontispiece is almost detached.colour. Pages are mostly clear, with moderate tanning and foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Former owner's inscription to title page. Plates are bright and clear, with slight tanning to edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with mild corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a subtle forward lean. Liquid drop on rear board.