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    By Charles Kingsley; Frances Eliza Grenfell Kingsley (ed.)
    London   C. Kegan Paul and Co.
    7.5" by 5.5" xi, [1] 359; viii, 367pp
    A handsomely bound copy of this collection of letters and memoirs of renowned Victorian author Charles Kingsley, illustrated throughout.
    By Charles Kingsley; Frances Eliza Grenfell Kingsley (ed.)

    1880 Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memoirs of his Life

    London   C. Kegan Paul and Co.
    7.5" by 5.5" xi, [1] 359; viii, 367pp
    A handsomely bound copy of this collection of letters and memoirs of renowned Victorian author Charles Kingsley, illustrated throughout.
    £260.00
    : 1.5kgs / : 814J15
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    Early Edition, Fine Binding, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Rebound

    A collection of letters and memoirs, including copious biographical information, from renowned Victorian author Charles Kingsley. 

    Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) was a man of many talents and professions, serving as a church priest for the Church of England, university professor, historian, social activist, and author. He is most well known for his works The Water-Babies (1863), Westward, Ho! (1855), Hypatia (1853) and more. 

    This is the seventh edition of this work. 

    Edited by his wife, Frances Eliza Grenfell Kingsley. 

    Containing an engraved frontispiece to each volume, with four additional in-text engravings. 

    Collated and complete.

    Handsomely bound in full tree calf with gilt detailing to the spine.

    Containing a previous owner's ink inscription to the front free-endpaper of Volume I, dated 1880.

    Condition

    Handsomely bound in full tree calf with gilt detailing to the spine. Externally, lovely, with just very minor rubbing to the spine. A previous owner's ink inscription to the front free-endpaper of Volume I. Internally, both volumes firmly bound. Pages contain a few spots, more prominent to the first and last few pages, but otherwise pages are bright and clean.

    Very Good Indeed

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