1915. First Edition. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates, with black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Faint scuffed black marking to a few pages, text is not affected. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and title page. Binding is shaky. Moderate foxing to text-block edges. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Minor black staining to front board. White marking to spine. Scuffing and light marking overall. Book has a slight forward lean.