Abridged Edition. 348 pages. Half bound black leather with marbled paper covered boards. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Top of title page cut out with front free endpaper missing. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Tears and chipping to leather to spine and edges. Paper worn away to edges.