Charles Kingsley; His Letters and Memories of His Life, edited by His Wife. With a Portrait.
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., London, 1884
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Lanna Antique, Perth, United KingdomLanna Antique
AbeBooks seller since August 3, 2011
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Condition: Used - Good
£ 15.00
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Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), was an English professor, writer, clergyman, social reformer, historian and poet. He was one of first to embrace Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, and was the writer of classics such as The Water Babies and Westward Ho! The latter led to the founding of a village of the same name, and remains the only English lace name with an exclamation mark in its name! Charles Kingsley; His Letters and Memories of His Life, edited by His Wife (nee Frances Grenfell). With a Portrait. Published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., London, 1884. The first edition of this work was published in two volumes in 1876, and was later condensed to this single volume edition. A good hardback with red leather spine and corners. Raised bands, tooled gilt decoration and black morocco label to spine. Marbled paper over boards. Covers are scuffed, bumped and worn to outer hinges and edge of boards. Matching feathered marble endpapers and matching design to text block edges, slightly dust toned to top edge. First free endpaper with scuff mark. The text is clean and bright throughout with just occasional light spotting.With portrait frontispiece with tissue guard (with some spotting to guard). Frontispiece with facsimile signature. Text in English. xv + 364pp. Dimensions: approx 188mm high x 133mm wide x 30mm deep. Weight: approximately 570g (unpacked). More photos on request.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Charles Kingsley; His Letters and Memories of His Life, edited by His Wife. With a Portrait.
- Author
- Charles Kingsley, Edited by His Wife (nee Frances Grenfell)
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., London
- Publication year
- 1884
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Item weight
- 570 grams
Lanna Antique
Perth, United Kingdom
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Lanna Antique offers a wide range of rare, antiquarian and collectable books covering all subject areas. We also stock rare Asian art books, specialising in Chinese art, including porcelain, ceramics, bronze and jade. We also stock many books on South East Asia, both on art and more general titles including travel and exploration. We regularly have early titles on Thailand (Siam), Burma and Japan. We sell online, but books are available for viewing by appointment at our showroom: Lanna Antique, C10 Inveralmond Grove, Perth, PH1 3UG, Scotland, UK. PBFA member. For USA buyers - Please note that even with new American import tariffs, books remain duty free and do not incur any extra duties. Books are exempt from these charges.…
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