1854. Author's Edition. 540 pages. Half bound in leather with cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Minor foxing and heavy tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, less visible to pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with visible tanning, rubbing and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier chipping, rubbing and tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.