1844. First Edition. 207 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt decoration to front and lettering to spine. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Gilt text block edges. Mild cracking to front hinge, exposing netting. Slight crinkling to paper at gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscriptions to pastedowns and front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Faint black markings with minor brown staining to endpapers and pastedowns. Occasional thumb-marking. Boards have moderate edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Noticeable splits to spine ends and joints with minor loss and fraying to edges. Visible markings and staining to all surfaces. Gilt lettering to spine is darkened. Noticeable denting to edges. Book has a slight forward lean.