1884. No Edition Remarks. 281 pages. No dust jacket. Brown pictorial boards with gilt lettering to spine. Contents page is uncut at upper edge. Pages are moderately tanned with notable foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Mild cracking to hinge and gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Minor dog-eared corners, with a few small nicks and rub marks along text block edge. Pencil inscription to front endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with mild corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine. Book has a pronounced forward lean.