1907. 2nd edition. 524 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Publisher's adverts to rear. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to front and rear endpapers. Hinges are intensely cracked and loose with exposed netting. A few dog-eared corners. Some annotations and marginalia throughout. Boards have heavy edge wear, with intense bumping and fraying and loss to corners, while spine ends are very crushed and frayed. Joints worn too with heavy splits. Scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Gilt is bright.