TALES AND POPULAR FICTIONS: Their Resemblance and Transition from Country to Country

FIRST EDITION Small 8vo. hardback in full tan calf with raised bands, red and green title labels, gilt, and decorative gilt to spine, decorative gilt borders to boards. Gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers. All edges yellow. 354pp., illustrated with 10 engraved plates. Inscribed armorial bookplate (John Sheepshanks 1852) to front pastedown. Occasional light foxing, heavier to prelims. Spine and spine edges slightly rubbed and worn, with slight loss to foot of spine (please see photo). A VERY GOOD, HANDSOME COPY.