London.Methuen& Co. [1897]. [8], 991pp. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original cloth with pictorial paste-down to front board. All edges red. Octavo. First edition. Head and heel of spine and board corners a little bumped with a tiny nick to heel of spine; pictorial paste-down is a little spotted and has some loss to at edges; front hinge is just cracking; half title has inoffensive staining at spine; some light finger-marking to lower margins of one or two pages; else a very good copy.