No Edition Remarks. 189 pages. No dust jacket. Blue pictorial boards with gilt decoration. Prize plate and stamp to front paste-down a title page - dated 1896. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are bright with moderate tanning and mild foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Pen scribble and small tear to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Former owner's inscription to rear free endpaper. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning and foxing to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Boards are notably bowed and slightly forward leaning. Pen scribble on front board.