1861. No Edition Remarks. 503 pages. Half bound black leather with marbled paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations to centre of book with frontispiece. Severe cracking to hinges causing front board to be detached from text block and rear board is loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to endpapers. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Front board detached but still present. Areas of loss to spine. Chipping to leather to edges.