first edition
1884 · New York
by Baldwin, Henry
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1884. First Edition. Very good in its original green cloth covered boards with gilt text and black decorations on the spine and black decorations on the front board. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 5 7/8 inches with a bumped upper fore corner of the front board, the cloth at the tips of the boards is worn, some insect nibbling of the starch on the front and rear boards and with an early prior owner's name and date of "Sept. 6th / 84" on the front fly leaf which also shows minor spots of foxing. The contents are clean, tight and free of tanning and foxing. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 158 pages including an index, bibliography, an index of illustrations and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece, images within the text and 14 engraved plates. (Inventory #: TB30095)