A UK first edition. Original red cloth titled in gilt to the spine. Gilt design to upper boards. TEG. With 10 pages of adverts ( dated 1896 ) at the rear. 40 illustrations by J. Ayton Symington. The book is square and tight. The boards are unfaded, showing light soiling at the extremities. The corners are sharp. The spine is slightly sunned. The pages are clean. There is ghosting to the endpapers. The closed page edges are toned and slightly dusty. The binding is solid - no cracked hinges. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. A nice copy.
