1900. No Edition Remarks. 499 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpaper and pastedowns. Front free endpaper is missing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.