London: Adam & Charles Black, 1904. First edition, earliest issue with 2 pp. publisher's ads following text, but lacking the 8 pp. ads that were inserted in later issues. 8vo. 277 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates by T.M.R. Whitwell. Original dark red pictorial cloth-covered boards, stamped in black, yellow, and gray, lettered in gilt to spine, with light wear to extremities, light fading to spine, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper; scattered foxing to text, primarily affecting pages surrounding plates; closed tear to bottom edge of plate opposite p. 254, not affecting image. McIlvaine A4a.