1897. 496 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Volume I. Ownership plate to front pastedown, belonging to Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Cracks to hinges, exposing netting. Binding is loose causing pages to be shaky. Pencil inscriptions with small gift aid label to front endpapers. Thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have visible edge wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Fraying with small splits to spine edges. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning. Faint black marks overall.