1889. No Edition Stated. 475 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Flat signed by the author to front endpaper. Rough-cut pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to endpapers, pastedowns, and text block edges. Slight crinkling to paper at gutters, however binding remains firm. Occasional thumb-marking with faint dust marks to edges of some pages. Top text block edge is slightly darkened. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping. Visible sunning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Minor fraying to spine ends and corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Faint water staining with noticeable black marks overall. Book has a slight forward lean.