Palmyra: E.B. Grandin, for the Author, 1830. 8vo. (i)-iv, (5)-588 [2]pp., 2 blank leaves, with the 2pp. of witness testimony at rear, but without the index pp. inserted in later copies. Original sheep, slightly affected by damp, joints and corners rubbed, spine worn with small loss to bottom and head rubbed and starting; black morocco spine label; hinges reinforced with white cloth tape; text block starting to split at center, but original sewing intact; scattered dampstaining (center of gutters at front through p. 186 and most evident at rear and pp.183- 210) and wrinkling (affecting first 280pp., including title-page); small paper loss in gutter of pp.127-128; darkening at center of pp.128-132, causing the loss of several letters; underlining and annotation to the imprint of title-page; newspaper clippings relating to Mayor Gilbert (the printer of this edition) pinned and laid in to rear endpaper. Ex-library with book-plate on front paste-down. Howes S-623; Sabin 83038.