Descrizione

In the original 24 fortnightly parts. First edition, first issue. With a profusion of illustrations all throughout, including a full page colourplate at the beginning of each part, 23 additional colourplates, two colour decorated titlepages, and numberous images in black and white. 4to, in the publisher's original multi-coloured pictorially decorated wrappers, staple-bound as issued, now housed in two fine chemises within a handsome sea-blue cloth-covered folding box lettered in gilt. An unusually nice set, the spines all remain intact and the covers are secure, much less than normal aging to the staple wires, the front covers all bright and unfaded, the rear wrappers with just a bit of mellowing to the white paper as one would expect, the text fine but for a touch of mellowing to the paper used by the publisher, in all a very well preserved and attractive set.