Second edition. No dust jacket. Red embossed cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and frontispiece. Bohn's Library adverts to front and rear. Paginated pp447-930. Inscription to reverse of half title page. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Hinges and guttering are cracked. Binding is loose. Prices in pencil to front endpaper and rear pastedown. Frontis' tissue guard is torn and heavily tanned. Boards have been heavily rub worn with heavy shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and frayed and spine ends are crushed, with some small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Book has a slight forward lean. Various marks to boards and spine including small ink stain to rear. Gilt slightly dulled and worn.