Stamp 'The Library of the Homes of S Barnabas' on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. Very clean very tight slightly foxed pages with unmarked boards, rubbing to spine ends, browned foxed page edges and bumping to lower front corner. 354pp.

Autobiography of a diplomat born in London in 1841. A fascinating account of life in the 19th century and his many travels abroad. Illustrated with period photographs.