Illustrated by A.W. Cooper
First edition: 383 pages, frontispiece, numerous black and white drawings, marbled end papers, half brown calf with red title label gilt on the spine and gilt armorial crest of the school on the upper cover – a prize binding, foxing throughout, all edges gilt, prize label on front paste down end paper, both hinges starting to wear, a good copy.
Date of publication from the colophon on page 383
Alfred Wilkes Drayson (1827–1901) was an English army officer, author and astronomer. He was a personal friend of Arthur Conan Doyle.
- Overall Condition: A Good Copy
- Size: 8vo (180 x130mm)
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021 794 0600
- Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard via PayGate secure links and Bank transfers.
- Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA

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