Plays and Puritans, and Other Historical Essays by Charles Kingsley - 2009-03-19

London: Macmillan. Very Good; Ex. Library With Markings, Minor Cover Wear. 1889. Hardback. 282 pages .

Macmillan, 1873-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Hardcover. Previous owner's ink inscription. Pencil notes on more than ten pages, thus acceptable. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Macmillan, 1879. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, VG+ [iii]+271pp, b/w frontis, a nice copy, with slight wear to the spine. Kingsleys historical essays, including 1 on Walter Raleigh.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1889. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Works of Charles Kingsley in uniform binding. Original maroon cloth, Kingsley's initials within gilt ornament on front board. Foxing on endpapers, small hand-written number on spine (just below title), undated signature on front pastedown, very good. Essays by the author of The Water Babies, Hypatia etc..

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Plays and Puritans and Other Historical Essays by Charles Kingsley Hardback, 1873, first edition, published by Macmillan and Co., London, 272 pages + 58-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 1/4" by 5 3/8" by 1 1/8". Brown cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Very worn, much marking and scuffing to binding, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Bumped corners. Book has slight forward tilt. Binding slack, cracking to inner hinges and strain to textblock, with a section of it from pages 65-80 partially detached. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked. Some unopened leaves. Marking to endpapers, previous owner bookplate to front pastedown. Some marking and light foxing to page surfaces but there does not appear to be any underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Macmillan,1873.. 1st edition. Pp.272/58(ads), engraved portrait frontis. of Sir Walter Raleigh by C.H. Jeens, owners signature to fep, embossed stamp "with the publishers compliments" to title page, very minor spotting to prelims. and adverts at rear. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

Handling wear to the cover, bumping to the corners and spine, a small dent in the middle of the spine, foxing to the end-papers and an inscription on the front end-papers. The contents are clean, bright and free from markings.

Macmillan, 1873-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. New edition. Contemporary 3/4 leather over marbled boards, gilt, marbled endpapers and page ends, black leather spine label. Wear and chipping to edges, lacking one spine label. Tanning to margins.