First edition, first printing. xx, 306pp, with engraved frontispiece (of a spectre huntsman). Brown cloth-covered boards with black rules and gilt lettering to spine. Jet black endpapers. 8vo. Cloth is worn and marked, rubbed at rounded and around a lightly creased spine. Text block edges toned. Some mild spotting and toning throughout, rear hinge cracked and a couple of strained gutters, small scar on paper on rear paste down but generally internally clean and neat