1896. Second Edition. 279 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. The book comes with ephemera including a sheet listing hymns to be used for the subject's funeral; a printed speech from Edward Hoare's spouse, Mary; a frontispiece. From elsewhere depicting the subject; several letters. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning and foxing to title page and front and rear. Hinges are prominently cracked with exposed netting. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Memorial sticker to front endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Fraying and crushing to spine ends. Feint bubbling or warping to front board. White fluid spotting to spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear.