New York.Charles Scribner's sons. 1888. xi,322pp. plus 8pp. adverts to rear. 12 black & white illustrations. Original publisher's cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Ownership inscriptions to end papers. Pages very lightly browned. Boards a trifle rubbed with a very narrow splash mark across front board, and an inoffensive small ink stain across the bottom edge. Minor wear to head of spine and some very small loss of paper to heel; else, a very good copyThe American edition precedes the English edition by some three months.