1904. Authorised Translation. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout with photographic frontispiece. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards and pages to be loose. Preface page detached but still present. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Ring mark to front board. Staining overall.