London: Collins, 1933. Green cloth. Spine is a little darkened with the spine gilt dull; band of offset tanning to inner margins of free endpapers; light foxing to top page edges; else fine, no owner names. Dust jacket has soft creases to upper spine, else fine, spine not yellowed, flaps not clipped (price is on the spine). "A nostalgic evocation of Victorian England and its transition into the modern world, as seen through the eyes of Mundy, a stable groom, from the age of eight in 1858 until his death at 83. He experiences two different kinds of love: his young wife, Ellen, leaves him for Foxwell, a gamekeeper, and he remarries at 51." - Gallix A5. A most attractive copy in a dust jacket that is seldom so nice. ; Octavo