No Edition Stated. 209 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative blue cloth. Publisher's catalogue to rear, dated 1898. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Black and white frontispiece detached but still present. Severe cracking to hinges and gutters causing binding and boards to be loose. Front free endpaper removed. Pages are mildly tanned with some foxing. Severe brown staining with heavy thumb-marking to pages throughout. Text remains legible. Fore edge of page 93 cut out. Text is unaffected. Boards have heavy edge wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Noticeable splits to joints, spine ends, and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Loss to spine ends. Lettering and decorations are dulled. Water staining with visible markings overall. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.