Authorship and date taken from Topp, Chester. Victorian yellowbacks & paperbacks, Vol. VIII, 2005.

Publisher's advertisements on p. [4-35] at end.

"Price Two Shillings."--Cover.

Topp, Chester. Victorian yellowbacks & paperbacks, Vol. VIII, p. 372.

MASS copy: Bound in yellow glazed paper-covered boards printed in green and black. Upper cover printed with titling and full-page wood-engraved illustration of a man and woman in a country field. Illustration is unsigned. Lower cover printed with a list of titles in "Blackwood's London Library", the list including "12. The Mysterious Parchment. By Rev. J. Wakemen". Upper free endpaper with later ink stamp: "From Jeary's London Street Norwich.". Lacking p. 51-62.