first edition
1874 · New York
by Various Authors
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1874. First Edition. Very good+ in 1/2 black leather and brown, pebbled cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text in two of the compartments. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 inches with light rubbing to the leather at the head and heel of the spine, the leather at the tips of the boards is worn through and a one inch section of the cloth is worn through at the edge of the front board. There is a dampness stain to the margins of the preliminaries and the first ten pages of the text. The end sheets show some foxing, but none is present in the contents. 904 pages of text illustrated through out with vignettes from engravings. (Inventory #: TB31981)