2nd edition, thus (this edition including an index, absent from earlier editions). Facsimile reprint of the original 1891 publication. xii, 508pp, with occasional black and white illustrations. Cream publisher's cloth-covered boards with blue lettering and red decorations. Maps on endpapers. 8vo. Cloth covers are grubby, gently rounded on corners and spine ends. A little spotting on text block edges. Former lending library book with a lending sheet affixed to the last true leaf: no other library markings.