1879. 3rd Edition. 511 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Slight cracking to gutters and hinges causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Water staining and tears to some pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Staining overall.