1900. No Edition Remarks. 269 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with gilt lettering and designs. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Rough cut pages. Rough-cut edges. Mild foxing and tanning to pages and frontispiece; more prominent to text block edges. Visible black marks to some pages. Stamps and library cards to pastedowns and free endpapers. Cracks to front hinge, causing boards to be loose. Binding throughout remains firm. Spine has moderate tanning with light crushing and fraying to edges. Boards have visible corner bumping with noticeable edge-wear and denting. Book has a forward lean. Lettering remains bright and clear. Library painted mark to spine. Minor water staining overall. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.