Physical description

vii, 221 p. : mottled multi-coloured cover with leather spine and trim. Includes Table of Contents. Title and author's name embossed in gold on spine. Publisher's advertisement for another writer (G. J. Whyte Melville) at end of novel.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Book plate pasted inside front cover: 'Linton / Mechanics' Institute / Established, 1871'. Signed 'J.Dodds, Secretary'. Book plate indicates book was part of original Linton Mechanics' Institute collection, acquired before 1891.
Circular 'Linton Mechanics' Institute' stamp on title page.