1889. No Edition Remarks. 992 pages. Half bound brown leather with brown cloth covered boards. Vol. XVII. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown, endpaper, title page and rear of frontispiece. Creasing to some pages. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Chipping to leather to spine and edges.