Basil Montague Pickering, 1862. Original smooth brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Presentation Copy: "W. T. Stirling Crawford from the Author, Roma, April, 1869," on half-title. This extremely scarce 'second issuance,' (versus the 1857 Chapman Hall first edition) represents the first Pickering edition. Lacks front free fly, spine worn at ends, covers watermarked. Internally clean and bright. Scarce and rare author's presentation copy.