1890. No edition remarks. 672 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound red leather with brown cloth covered boards and gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name stamp to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy wear with bumped and abraded corners. Spine ends similarly worn and spine itself scuffed. Gilt slightly dulled. Board surfaces scratched, stained and rubbed. Boards are strongly bowed.