An unsurpassable association copy of the best known fiction of the Romantic era, perhaps the most evocative presentation copy conceivable in all nineteenth-century literature.
"Lance's devotion to serving others whose lives were irrevocably changed by cancer, as his was, is unsurpassable, " Doug Ulman said in a statement issued after Wednesday's announcement.
And now that English football's most decorated player has etched his name even more firmly into the annals of his club's history he has surely ensured that his achievements will prove unsurpassable.