1888. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative green cloth with gilt edges. Contains 70 black and white in text and full-page illustrations. Pages are moderately tanned with mild foxing throughout. Cracks to hinges, repaired with tape. Slight crinkling to paper at gutters, however binding remains firm. Illustrations are moderately tanned with some foxing. Blue pencil scribbles to title page and frontispiece. Some pencil annotations and brown marks to a few pages. Occasional dog-eared corners with thumb-marking throughout. Minor tears and creases to pages. Bottom-right corner to page 33 is torn. Boards have visible edge wear with corner bumping. Noticeable marks and scratches to both boards. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Mild scuffing to joints and spine edges. Book has a slight forward lean.