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Westward Ho! or The Voyages & Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh

Westward Ho! or The Voyages & Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh

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Westward Ho! or The Voyages & Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh

by Charles Kingsley

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  • Hardcover
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London : J.M. Dent , 1923. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 7" . E.A. Cox. A charming copy of Charles Kingsley's historical novel Westward Ho!, beautifully illustrated with sixteen coloured plates. A very well presented copy of Charles Kingsley's Westward Ho! A historical novel that was based on the real experience of Elizabethan privateer Amyas Preston, re-named to Amyas Leigh in Kingsley's novel. The novel celebrates England's victory over Spain in the Elizabethan era. Charles Kingsley was a historian, novelist and poet. Including sixteen decorative coloured plates by E. A. Cox.Collated, complete. In publisher's original blue cloth. Externally, well presented. Some fading to the spine and joints and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Decorative prize plate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright clean pages. Some scattered spots throughout. Very Good

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Bookseller
Rooke Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
817B21
Title
Westward Ho! or The Voyages & Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh
Author
Charles Kingsley
Illustrator
E.A. Cox
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
J.M. Dent
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1923
Size
9" by 7"
Keywords
Charles Kingsley Westward Ho! historical novel Amyas Leigh Westward Ho!

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