Pocket sized little hardback with clean tight cover and pages, except for some light pencil underlinings. Jacket quote torn. With an introduction by The First Earl of Balfour. First published in 1867, then published as a second edition with an extra chapter in 1872. This edition first published in 1928. This is a 1952 reprint. If you need to fully understand the political system, this is an known as a highly readable and perhaps entertaining source. Oxford University Press. USED. $4.00