1891. New Edition. 398 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth with gilt titles to spine and front. Publisher's adverts to rear. Illustrated by John Gilbert. All text block edges gilt. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Gutters cracked with exposed netting. A few dog-eared corners. Previous owner's stamp to frontis reverse and first page of text. Slight stain to rear endpaper. Boards have some edge wear, with pronounced bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are crushed and rubbed. A little scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Boards are slightly bowed. Book has a heavy forward lean. Spine is slightly sunned. Gilt is bright.