122, [6] pages of adverts at end. Includes numerous quotations from the Bible, as well as the poem 'Is Gordon safe' (p. [119] 122), by Marianne Farningham. Endpapers and title page slightly foxed. Original cream endpapers. Susie Smith's neat pencil signature on top margin of title page, dated 1886. Purple ink stamps of contemporary owner on front endpapers. Provenance: E.N. Richards. 62 x 87 mm. Original brick red cloth. Spine with titling reversed out in gilt with extensive floral background; back cover with blind embossed Walter Scott publishing monogram in central shield; front cover with titling revesed in gilt with floral background and two corner pieces in gilt. Edges very slightly worn; minuscule speckling on back cover. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. OCLC, 42079257. WorldCat locates 5 copies worldwide (British Library, National Library of Scotland. Durham, Oxford, and Indiana Universities).