1897. No Edition Remarks. 281 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations and illustrative plates throughout. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Thumb marking present. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean. Splits to spine tail, front joint.