No edition remarks. 382 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt to spine. Cassell's Standard Library. Final text page has code 30,9,01, and publisher's adverts (16 pages) have code 9.01, so possible publication year 1901. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Cracking to hinges with netting exposed. Binding loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Two page corners torn away from publisher's adverts. Some page corners folded. small brown stains to margin of several pages. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Spine appears different shade to boards as a result. Book has a moderate forward lean. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Some additional mild marks and surface wear.