xxiii + 523 pp. inc. illus, figs + frontispiece, grained half leather, slightly scuffed, with brown cloth, marbled end-papers. ex lib Queen Mary College reference library. Lib. labels to fep & ffep, small ink stamp to verso of title page & last page, minor marks to edges, otherwise very good, large 4to. Contents include: natural history, geology, palaeontology, botany & zoology, early man, schools and forestry.