Author: KINGSLEY, CHARLES
Title: Westward Ho!
Description: Norwalk, Connecticut: The Heritage Press, 1947. Hardcover. Full title: "Westward Ho! Or The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight of Burrough, in the County of Devon, in the reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, Rendered into Modern English by Charles Kingsley." --- A deluxe reprint edition in slipcase of Charles Kingsley's 1855 historical novel, in which his English seafaring main character Amyas Leigh sails to the Western Hemisphere at the time of Sir Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh and conflicts with Spaniards. With illustrations by Edward A. Wilson and with an introduction by John T. Winterich. Sandglass leaflet laid in (NY, no. 7L). --- In blue cloth-covered boards with image of ship sailing upside-down on the bottom of the earth in gilt to cover; titling and decorations in gilt to spine; maroon topstain. Volume housed in reddish marbled paper-covered slipcase. --- With quite noticeable sunning to spine and some age-toning to leaves, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound copy. Structurally sound slipcase with a few tears but overall in very nice condition.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; xv, 427 pages. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Illustrated Classics
Title: Westward Ho!
Description: Norwalk, Connecticut: The Heritage Press, 1947. Hardcover. Full title: "Westward Ho! Or The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight of Burrough, in the County of Devon, in the reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, Rendered into Modern English by Charles Kingsley." --- A deluxe reprint edition in slipcase of Charles Kingsley's 1855 historical novel, in which his English seafaring main character Amyas Leigh sails to the Western Hemisphere at the time of Sir Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh and conflicts with Spaniards. With illustrations by Edward A. Wilson and with an introduction by John T. Winterich. Sandglass leaflet laid in (NY, no. 7L). --- In blue cloth-covered boards with image of ship sailing upside-down on the bottom of the earth in gilt to cover; titling and decorations in gilt to spine; maroon topstain. Volume housed in reddish marbled paper-covered slipcase. --- With quite noticeable sunning to spine and some age-toning to leaves, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound copy. Structurally sound slipcase with a few tears but overall in very nice condition.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; xv, 427 pages. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Illustrated Classics
Price: US$ 21.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 84887
- Book number: 84887