1864. No Edition Remarks. 332 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Dedicated to "Professor the Reverend Temple Chevalier", an important astronomer, on front paste down, from Chevalier and Dr Lee, along with bookplates. Blue cloth with no external lettering. Spine completely missing. B&W illustrations throughout, Plate II is in colour. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Both hinges cracked. Both boards remain attached by three binding tabs only, thus are very slack. Notable wear and bumping to board edges and corners, with splitting to cloth at corners. Distinct sunning round board edges, with minor sun spotting and other marks all over.