1897. No Edition Remarks. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Full title is The Romance of the British Post Office Its Inception and Wondrous Development. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Black and white illustrations throughout. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Medium cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to first and last few pages. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Small tears to some pages. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends causing fraying to cloth. Staining overall.