HEREWARD THE WAKE, "LAST OF THE ENGLISH".
by KINGSLEY, Charles, 1819-1875 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London & Cambridge : Macmillan & Co., 1866. First edition. The last novel published by Kingsley, Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge and friend of Darwin. The final resistance against the Norman conquerors - the "splendid barbarian" and folk-hero Hereward of the Fens, son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia and Lady Godiva - and his witch-wife Torfrida, "whose true witchery lay in her intellect, her courage, and her unswerving love" (The Globe, 30th April 1866). "To lovers of the old class of reading wherein the heroic deeds of our forefathers are graphically described, no better volumes could be read" (Cheltenham Chronicle, 10th July 1866). Two volumes. Crown 8vo (184 x 123mm). viii,(366); viii,402,[ii]pp. Bound, without the advertisement leaf in vol.i sometimes found, in an elegant later (early twentieth-century) half black morocco; top edges gilt; marbled endleaves; some very minor rubbing and bruising; a few occasional internal marks and spots, but an attractive set. From the notable modern collection of Robert James Hayhurst (1929-2016), with his bookplate.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44508
- Title
- HEREWARD THE WAKE, "LAST OF THE ENGLISH".
- Author
- KINGSLEY, Charles, 1819-1875 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London & Cambridge : Macmillan & Co., 1866.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Historical Fiction, Fine Binding
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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