1890. Fourteenth edition. 585 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. More pronounced to endpapers, pastedowns and text block edges. Noticeable cracking to gutters and hinges, with exposed netting. Binding is weakened. Tear to corner of half-title page with text unaffected. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Marked sunning to spine and edges with some crushing to ends. Some fraying to cloth at spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.