1879. Fifth Edition. 350 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. With section on road construction by W Nethersole. Over 31 pages of publisher's adverts to rear. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Heavy cracking to hinges and gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. Rear endpaper missing. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. Pronounced foxing and marks to front endpaper and pastedowns. Boards have moderate shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Spine is tanned. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. A few liquid droplet marks to front. Book has a slight forward lean.