Second edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1855. Blue decorative boards with gilt stamping front and spine. Boards are scuffed and bumped at corners and edges, tears to cloth at hinges top and tail. Intermittent foxing internally. Bookplate on front pastedown and inscription in pencil on ffe \"To Mrs Otway with the kind regards of the Author August 13th 1855.\" Previous owner\'s name in ink opposite half-title page. Advertisement pasted in opposite full title page loose at 3 corners. 6 pages of end matter advertising The Memoirs of a Stomach by the same author. Scarce copy of \'fantastic voyage\' literature.