166x104mm blindstamped cloth (edges & spine faded/tips sl.rubbed) 208pp. Prize inscription dated 1880 to front free endpaper,endpapers foxed/browned rest of book entirely clean and tight. Each story preceded with a short list of words broken down into syllables and the readings include words marked with an asterisk which are to be found in the vocabulary at the end of the book, and the sections are followed by dictation and home exercises in grammar.