London: Smith, Elder, 1898

8vo, pp. 333, 6pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt to front panel and spine, illustration in gilt to front panel. Tissue guard to frontispiece. Leading edge uncut. Partly unopened. Binding a little shaken, but a well preserved copy.

First edition in book form. First serialised in The Strand magazine the previous year.