1858. 384 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Large loss to rear endpaper. Boards are covered with mould. Dedicated to former owner. Handling-marked pages with moderate tanning throughout, and foxing to endpapers and page edges. Cracked hinge and guttering with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Ink marginalia on front paste-down. Black rubbing with a few small nicks and creases to text block edges. Damp spotting on paste-down. Moderate tanning along spine and board edges. Noticeable rub wear to surfaces and edges with crushing to spine ends and bumps to scuffed corners. Noticeably bowed. scuffed label on spine.