Animal Stories Old and New, Told in Pictures and Prose by Harrison Weir, first edition. A hard-cover, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans and published by Sampson, Low and others in 1885. The covers have delightful coloured illustrations, front and back. They show light wear to the boards and their edges with two small oval spots of losses about 2x3 and 2x2 mms visible in the photo. The spine is red cloth and has slight bumping to the top and bottom. the covers are all original.
There is browning to the free front page (as is the rear page) with a gift dedication inscribed from 1886. There is some light foxing scattered throughout the book.There are numerous coloured (which are clean) and black and white illustrations. The binding is tight. Overall a very good copy.