1839. 699 pages. Red leather with gilt decoration and lettering. Inserts and newspaper clippings to pastedowns and endpapers. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been heavily rub worn with heavy shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a heavily frayed and spine ends are crushed, with some small splits and chips.