1917. 6th Impression. 407 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrated plates throughout with photographic frontispiece, all present. Noticeable cracking to hinges causing boards to be slightly loose. Binding throughout remains firm. Rough-cut pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Illustrations are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Paper stuck to rear pastedown with marking to rear free endpaper. Minor water staining to edges of some pages. Text is unaffected. Boards have noticeable shelf-wear with corner bumping. Creasing to spine with crushing to spine ends. Water staining to both boards. Visible tanning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor fraying to spine ends and corners. Book has a slight forward lean.