1900. No edition remarks. 977 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs and diagrams. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Cracking to hinges with exposed netting. Binding loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Some additional heavy marks and staining.