1882. First Edition. 267 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains 2 black and white illustrations. Inscribed by Robert Baden-Powell to front endpaper with Baden-Powell Scouts' Association stamp to front pasedown. Publisher's catalogue to rear. Pages are clean overall, with mild tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced towards the start and end of the book. Mild cracking to gutters on occasion, however binding throughout remains firm. Occasional thumb-marking. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Faint black marks with scuffing to boards and edges. Book is notably bowed and forward leaning.