Early printing of the Select Library of Fiction edition. 8vo. (7 x 4.7 inches). Title page, 466pp. Bound, without the half title, in a contemporary leather binding of half dark brown morocco. Spine with double ruled gilt lines and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Plain off white endpapers. A little rubbing to the extremities but overall a very good copy of this scarce edition in an attractive Victorian leather binding. ------- Issued as part of Chapman and Hall's Select Library of Fiction series. Although dated 1879 on the title page, the final text page has a printers date of 18/8/78.