The book has been rebound in maroon boards retaining the original "The Sundsay Magazine 1865" circular title on the front and on the spine. There is an gift inscription on the verso of the frontispiece, both original. Both the frontispice and its verso have been repaired, presumably when the book was recased, as has the last page. Up to page 150 there is an intermittent series of short, closed tears on the outer edge and the entire book suffers from intermittent mild foxing and infrequent insect damage, which does not affect the print. Despite its faults, it remains a solid, clean, respectable copy.954 pages, overseas customers please note the book will attractadditional postage. "Alexander Strahan (1833-1918) was a 19th-century publisher. His company, Alexander Strahan & Co., based at Ludgate Hill in London, published what was arguably one of the dominant periodicals in the 1860s, a monthly magazine called Good Words...Born in Edinburgh, he was a Scottish Presbyterian. He started his publishing business in Edinburgh in 1858. He moved to London in 1862 and "widened his interest to include what his modern day biographer Patricia Sebrebrnik identifies as the literature of Christian social reform. One of his financial backers was Sir Henry Seymour King, through whom Strahan made a lucrative deal with the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The Sunday Magazine was established 1864. (Wikipedia)