Hardback. vii,270pp. Full leather. With illustrations by Gustave Doré. Frontis with tissue guard. 7 further plates. Full red leather binding. Raised bands to spine. Gilt decorations to five compartments. Gilt titles onto black printed label. gilt school stamp to front St Paul’s Preparatory School, Colet court. Gilt decorations to edges of boards. Gilt dentelles to inner leather margins. Marbled to all edges. Marbled endpapers. Slight bend to the rear board. Few faint marks to leather. Small area of damage to the top of the ridge of one of the raised bands. School prize label to endpaper. Pages are clean and crisp.