1897. 2nd Impression. 279 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with silk title labels. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards and pages throughout remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Tears to some pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends with splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Wear marks overall.