1889. No Edition Remarks. 263 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Colour maps to the rear. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Front board feels loose. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding is shaky. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine. Splitting to spine.