1896. No Edition Remarks. 907 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with white paper covered spine and gilt lettering. Volume IX. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Moderate water staining to fore edges textblock. Top textblock edge dyed gilt. Thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.