Gold gilt Bluebelle floral illustration on cover and gold gilt lettering on cover/spine, original publishers green cloth with beveled edges, cover has discoloration on it, dark spot on cover on beveled edge, gilt lettering softening, title page states 1892 and CR page states 1890 ninth edition, top fore edge gold gilt, rear cover top panel heavily stained, front hinge cracked, all pages present and attached, front hinge cracked. DATE PUBLISHED: 1892 EDITION: NINTH ED. 200.