The best collected edition, designed by Francis Meynell, and bound in bright contrasting coloured cloths with black leather labels. The illustrations were mostly printed from the original plates or blocks, which were then dispersed with each set. This is set no. 110 of 877 issued with an original woodblock: 'Part the Third', from The Battle of Life, drawn by R. Doyle. With the signed letter of authentication from Chapman & Hall publishers, and an additional covering letter from the Nonesuch Press, explaining to Mr Paley Scott, the original recipient of the set, the procedure for allocating steel plates and woodcuts.