1899. No Edition Stated. 429 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Half leather bound to patterned boards. Original spine is missing, but has previously been repaired with bookbinding tape. B&W illustrations throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front endpapers. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Ex-library with usual stamps, inserts and markings. Moderate wear, rubbing and bumping to board edges and corners. Some loss to leather at corners. Tape repair to spine becoming unstuck. Notable scuffing, soiling and marking to boards. Dewy code to spine, with library sticker to rear. Book has a forward lean.