1896. No edition remarks. 437 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering front and spine, and blind stamped floral decoration front and rear. Contains black and white illustrations by Hugh Thomson and an introduction by Austin Dobson. 62 pages of publisher's adverts to rear. Gutters slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Rough cut pages. Binding remains firm. A few dog-eared corners. Black smudge mark to lower margin of pp264-265, not affecting text. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping and slight fraying to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Very slight split to upper front joint. Book has a slight forward lean. Front board slightly bowed. Minor wear marks to b