First edition, first printing. 720pp, with colour plate frontispiece and further monochrome plate illustrations. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt motif on upper panel, gilt lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth a little rounded at corners and spine ends, slightly sunned over a marked spine. Some spotting on text block edges. Gutter cracked ahead of half title, mild toning restricted to endpapers, else internally neat, clean and bright.
