1915. First Edition. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Purple boards with gilt lettering to spine. 23 Black and white photographic and illustrative plates as well as other illustrations. Binding remains firm. Annotations and marginalia to pages throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Front hinge is cracked. Crinkling to gutters. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Splits to spine head. Tanning to spine and edges causing discolouration. Gilt lettering is darkened.