1917. No edition remarks. 912 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white portrait frontispiece. Gilt edges to textblock. Presentation plate on front free endpaper. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding slightly loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Some additional mild marks and staining.