Description
London: Cassell & Company, 1883. First edition, first impression, with the October advertisements and the following issue-points: 'dead man's chest' uncapitalised on pp. 2 and 7; the first letter of 'vain' broken on the last line of p.40; the '8' not present in the pagination of p.83; the '7' bolder and larger in the pagination of p. 127; the full-stop missing after 'opportunity' in line 20 on p. 178; and 'worse' for 'worst' in line 3 of p. 197., 8vo, pp. viii, 292, [4, advertisements], half-title, frontispiece map printed in grey, blue, red and brown, tissue-guard present; October advertisements (5R-1083), original sage green cloth, rather skewed, joints rubbed, spine slightly darkened, rear hinge cracked, gift inscription 'Sibyl Brooke, from a Father, New Years Day 1884" at head of half-title