1896. Ninth Edition. 490 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Volume II. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges and free endpapers. Annotations, underlining and marginalia in pencil throughout; text remains unaffected. Light cracking and creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with visible staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.