1896. 512 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth. Includes colour frontispiece. Black & white illustrations. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding is weak. Some pages are dog-earred. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends causing fraying to cloth. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean. White staining present.