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Westward Ho!
by KINGSLEY, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cambridge: Macmillan & Co.,, 1855. With secretarial presentation from the author First edition, presentation copy, inscribed "From The Author" in a secretarial hand on the half-title of vol. I. Kingsley's greatest popular success, Westward Ho! was originally planned as a patriotic tale about the defeat of the Spanish Armada at a time when Napoleon III's anti-English posturing was alarming many of Kingsley's countrymen. By the time of publication the Crimean War had switched public angst towards Russia, but it remained just as timely and the novel's nostalgic and rose-tinted look at the Elizabethan golden age struck a chord with its Victorian readership. Three volumes, octavo. Original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers. Housed in a custom blue quarter morocco box. With old bookseller's description from James F. Drake of New York (wrongly placing the inscription as in Kingsley's autograph) loosely inserted. Neat repair to headcaps of vol. I, and minor colour touch-up to the cloth, small chip to the rear cloth of vol. II with slight loss of colour to spine to the same, light bumps to vol. III at extremities, light ink mark to title of vol. III else contents clean. A very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 146369
- Title
- Westward Ho!
- Author
- KINGSLEY, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge: Macmillan & Co.,
- Date Published
- 1855
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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- Bumps
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- New
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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