1897. No Edition Remarks. 381 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Edited by The Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone. Volume I. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth.Book is forward leaning. Scuffing and light marking overall. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.