Pocket-sized book. Green cloth boards with surface water marking to lower front and also slightly to the rear edge. Spine bumped to head and tail. Corners bumped and turned. Lower rear corner worn with board exposed. Undated but with reference to events in 1859. Contemporary gift inscription with a presumed date of 1886. Text slightly marked. Well illustrated. A detailed look at thunderstorms and the damaged caused, from a Victorian perspective. 348pp.pa-416721