Internally collated and complete with all pages and all 26 illustrations present. A contemporary ink gift inscription dated 5 December 1860 appears on the verso of the front endpaper, adding period character. The leaf between the endpaper and title page has a tear of approximately 6 cm at the inner margin.
Clear plate guards between pages 8 & 9 (4 cm tear at lower inner margin), 16 & 17 (3 cm tear), and 28 & 29 (9 cm tear) show additional tearing, while a 4 cm tear is noted at the upper edge from page 49 through to the leaf between pages 50 and 51. The text block is foxed throughout, typical of the period, though illustrations remain well defined.
Despite the noted faults, this copy of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner remains structurally intact and presents as a handsome mid-Victorian illustrated copy, retaining its original decorative binding and strong shelf presence for collectors of Coleridge and nineteenth-century poetry.
