1895. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front. Black and white illustrated frontis. Six hand written letters included, all signed by the author, dated 1899. Moderate tanning to rough cut pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Visible cracks to gutters with exposed netting. Front hinge is also cracked, rusted staples visible between endpaper and frontis. Moderate tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible handling marks and rubbing. Minor bumping to corners and soft crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Staples protruding front joint, rusted. Book is also forward leaning.