8vo. 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned.

An abridged edition of Victor Hugo's novel concerned with the impact of the Industrial Revolution of the island of Guernsey, first published in 1866, edited by journalist William Thomas Stead (1849-1912); number 76 in the "Review of Review's" Masterpiece Library, Penny Popular Novels series.