The Steel Plate Edition. 395 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black and gilt decoration. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece, with other plates throughout. Pages and plates are mildly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Some pages remain uncut. Boards have moderate shelf-wear, with noticeable corner bumping and some scuffing to edges. Spine is severely sunned, with noticeable crushing and splitting to ends. Faint black marks overall. Gilt is bright.