London.James Nisbet & Co. 1882. [v], vi, [viii], [1], 2-432pp + 8pp catalogue at rear. 6 black and white illustrations including vignette title and frontispiece. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. There is a very slight and faint circular mark on the spine where there was once a publisher's file label; fore-edges a trifle dusty; an excellent, internally clean copy in a bright binding.Quayle (66a). The is a 'File Copy' from the Nisbet archive which accounts for its excellent condition.