Acceptable, antique, hardcover book with gilt pictorial cover; book shows heavy an unused bookplate on the front free end page, age-toned pages, light foxing, and severe wear to the binding which has caused it to break starting at page 122-141 (see photos) and the back end page gutters are also torn - and the binding extremely fragile elsewhere and therefore price is reduced and book is in acceptable condition; pictorial boards also show significant shelf, edge, and corner wear especially to the spine ends which have rubbing and bumping and are slightly frayed (see photos), as well as sunning/age-toning along the spine and additional wear/rubbing to the boards; 323 pages, fully illustrated with eighty full page illustrations; published 1874 by Scribner, Armstrong, & Co; first American edition with first points identification on advertisement on reverse side of title showing "$2.00"; purchaser signature confirmation will be required upon delivery. A2
