1885. No Edition Remarks. 842 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Hinges are moderately to heavily cracked, exposing netting and causing boards to be loose. Much lighter creasing and cracking to gutters. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with visible rubbing, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft splitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.