1909. No Edition Remarks. 810 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Volume I. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Tape remnants to spine. Sticker to front board. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.