1898. No edition remarks. 480 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Removable plastic wrapper over brown cloth. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Fold-out facsimile letter. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. 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 slightly dulled.