London: Longmans, Green, 1890. Early printing. Octavo, hardcover, maroon cloth stamped in silver, pale green decorated endpapers. [2], (342), [2] pp + 16 pp publisher's catalogue. Illustrated title leaf and frontispiece inserted (lacking the tissue guard). Lightly sunned spine has a bit of wear at foot, rubbing to the joints; rear cover sunned at inner margin, damp stained at lower inner corners; book a bit leaned; yellowing to page edges; inner hinges cracked but firm; in all, a good clean copy. A volume in the publisher's Silver Library series. First published 1889 in 3 vols. (rare). First one volume ed. was also in 1889. Not one of his fantasy tales.