1899. No Edition Remarks. 270 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Annotations, underlining and marginalia in pencil throughout; text remains unaffected. Light cracking to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.