First edition. 8vo., original olive green cloth with ornamental bands at top and bottom of front cover and lettering in black, enclosing a vignette of an Indian hill station scene lettering in gilt on spine, top edges uncut. Calcutta, Thacker, Spink & Co. 1888
The primary binding, with the second state of the advertisements comprising 32 pages. Very slight abrasion to joints and some slight mottling of the cloth, otherwise an excellent copy with the fragile inner joints sound. Livingston 24; Stewart 18; Richards 21.