Ex-library copy with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Text/interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is fragile and somewhat loose to boards, but text block is solid and well-held. Green cloth boards with gold embossed lettering on cover and spine with black embossed jungle motif. Perforated stamp on title page and gift inscription on front endpaper with "1894". Cloth on spine has partially detatched from on side of the hinge. Corners worn and bumped, red "X" at bottom of page ends, general edge wear. Several color plates often with the tissue protective cover missing. A great many b&w engravings in fine and lavish detail. This book has pages 289 -- 583 and covers Bats, Insectivores and Carnivores.