1898. 306 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Book is forward leaning. Scuffing and light marking overall.