Olive green cloth on boards with black and gilt decoration and lettering to front board and spine.
Mild bumping and rubbing to extremities and light spotting to fore-edge of text block.
Top page edges are gilt.
No inscriptions.
Book block is tight.
Sadly lacking front end paper.
First edition and first printing of 1912.
( As indicated by gilt lettering to publisher's name at bottom of spine ).
Delightfully illustrated with numerous black and white photographic plates and eight colour plates by various artists.
A scarce first printing in remarkably good condition.
A heavy book which will incur additional carriage charges for non UK customers.