[8], [3]-332 pp. With 8 wood-engraved plates after Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"). 8¾x5¾, later three-quarter gilt-ruled morocco & marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, original front cover and spine cloth inserted at rear; bound by Riviere. First Edition.

With A.L.s. from Ainsworth to an A. Vogue, in Nottingham, laid in along with cover, responding positively to a request for an autograph; signed card, evidently the autograph supplied, mounted on front pastedown beneath an engraved portrait of Ainsworth.