1897. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Gilt decorated green cloth with black and white illustrated plates throughout. Heavy tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper with visible foxing throughout. Rough cut edges to text block and front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have heavy rubbing and edge wear with visible bumping to corners. Major crushing to spine ends and distinctive rubbing to spine. Splitting to joints.