There is intermittent minor foxing throughout both volumes, though the pages are mostly clean. First published January 4, 1897, This is the eighteenth edition, April 28, 1897. Customers please note this is a heavy two volume set and will attract additional postage. "Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, VD, PC, FRSGS (30 September 1832 - 14 November 1914) was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time" (Wikipediua)