Published by Trubner & Co, London and Whitehurst, Burton-on-Trent, 1869 (date of preface), 1st edition. Recently rebound in brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. 7.5ins x 5ins, [iv], 264pp, [ii] (list of fossils) plus folding frontis view, 1 plate and a large folding plan of the town and its breweries as in 1869. Repaired tears to both view and plan. Text block browned. VG.