1900. No edition remarks. 447 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt decorations to front and lettering to spine. Illustrated frontispiece and in-text illustrations. Upper text block edge gilt. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Rough cut pages lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Small dark smudges to endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil price to front pastedown. A few pages slightly torn at edges, not affecting text. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear and mild fraying to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Slight water staining to front and rear. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt is bright.