24 pages. No dust jacket. Greyish-orange cloth with detailed illustrative decoration. Includes black and white engravings and full-page colour engravings by R C, and E Evans. All text block edges red. Pages moderately marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Heavier blotchy tanning and foxing towards start and end of book. Owner's inscription to front endpaper and pastedown. Front hinge starting to crack, but text block remains firm. A few pages have red in margins from text block colouring. Text block edges slightly uneven. Boards have moderate edge wear, with bumping and fraying to corners and medium crushing to spine ends. Small scratches and faintest water staining in a few places. Book has a slight forward lean.