1844. No Edition Remarks. 451 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Signed by the author. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Rebound using original boards but has a new spine. Inscribed by the author on half title page, but is not signed. B&W illustrations throughout. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Pages are rough cut. Ex-library with usual stamps, inserts and markings. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to cloth round edges. Notable scuffing, faded stains and marking to boards, with tape shadows along joints. Stickers to front and spine.