1879. No Edition Remarks. 417 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Moderate cracking to hinges, with exposed netting causing rear pastedown to be partially detached from spine. Pages have light tanning and moderate foxing throughout. Some uncut pages. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper and title page. Annotations to contents pages. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rub wear all over. Heavy crushing to spine ends causing fraying to cloth at ends. White markings and wear marks overall. Rear board coming away from spine. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.