No Edition Remarks. 396 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour frontispiece. Includes cabinet card of Queen Victoria (Diamond Jubilee portrait) by W & D Downey loosely enclosed. Medium cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Creasing to some pages. Tears to some pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining to both boards.