Book-Hunter, etc. with a memoir of the author

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. New Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. New Edition. Hardcover. Cracked spine at joint, else intact, minimal shelf/edge wear, light tonnig, else tight, bright and unmarred. Full blue leather with gilt lettering, decorative element, frontispiece. 8vo. 427pp. Illus. (b/w, sepia). Index.