[Whitaker's] Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1897, Containing an Account of the Astronomical and other Phenomena

760, 140pp. In green cloth-covered boards. 8vo. Boards worn, rubbed and rounded at corners, backstrip absent, a few small marks on cloth. Text block edges darkened. Front paste down endpaper creased, both free endpapers tanned, else internally neat, clean and tight. Includes (according to the blurb) 'a large amount of information respecting the Government, finances, population, commerce and general statistics on the British Empire throughout the world, with some Notice of Other Countries, etc.' Contains many contemporary advertisements etc.