1897. No Edition Stated. 299 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. B&W illustrations throughout. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Torn blank plate to front paste down. Both hinges cracked with netting visible, thus the boards are slack. Some gutter cracking. Pages are rough cut. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting at corners. Small damaged area to top of rear board. Minor sunning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards.