Notes: 1st ed. (published for the 1871 Christmas season, as 1872)
OCLC: 6317031
-- "[1] leaf, ix-x, 11-201 pages"
OCLC 2064723 (1970s microfilm)
-- "x, 201 pages : illustrations" (uncredited)
Not found 2017-02-01 in automated search of multiple newspapers
Briefly reviewed
American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular 1871 "Books for Christmas" (annual?): "Illustrated Books for Christmas are even less numerous this year than last. ..." (no price)
-- listed in #17.10 (1871-09-15) p282, among many that CRH "have in the press"
-- announced in #17.11 (1871-10-02) p326 (no price)
-- listed as "Cl. $1" in #18.5 (1872-01-01), p75
OCLC 50917886 reports
e-copy at Indiana University Digital Library Program (dlib.indiana.edu)
-- interior only
-- Contents, p.ix-x, lists ch I-XVIII
-- text spans p11-201
-- frontispiece and 3? plates not included in the pagination: probably scraperboard signed "SHARP SC." (SG?)