T.p. printed in red and black.

At head of title: "Picture Story books by Great Authors and Great Painters".

Preliminary wood-engraved plate is printed in black on beige background tint with gold decorative border and is hand-coloured. Plate is unsigned, without imprint and with title caption.

Some wood-engraved illustrations within the text are signed as engraved: "J. Quartley", "E. M.", "E. Guillaumot", "Baudouin", "Baulant", "Pouget", "L. B.", "Timms" or "Deghouy".

Publisher's advertisements on p. [1]-7, [1] and [1]-2 at end include wood-engraved illustrations, some of which are signed as engraved by Henry Vizetelly.

MASS copy: Bound in later half blue morocco and marbled paper-covered boards; a.e.g. Edges of morocco and spine blocked in gold. With marbled endpapers. Bound with original green paper wrappers printed in green in the same design as McLean D 0887. Upper wrapper printed with titling and wide decorative border design, including series title: "Picture Story Book by Great Authors and Great Painters" and "Price Eighteenpence.". Upper wrapper includes imprint: "Vizetelly Brothers and Co., Printers and Engravers, Fleet Street.". Lower wrapper printed with list of titles in the series proceeded by "Eighteenpence Each".