1890 Westward Ho! Or The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh Knight, of the Burrough, in the County of Devon in the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth & Yeast: A Problem
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Leather Binding
Two volumes bound in one. Reprinted. Westward Ho! Or The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh Knight, of the Burrough, in the County of Devon in the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth. A historical novel, following the adventures of Amyas Leigh, an unruly child who as a young man follows Francis Drake to sea. Yeast: A Problem. The first novel from the author, written as an attack on Roman Catholicism and the Oxford Movement, on celibacy, the game laws, bad landlords and bad sanitation. Written by Charles Kingsley, a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. Bound by Knill, Reading.
Condition
Bound in half brown calf with patterned boards. Externally, smart with rubbing resulting in minor loss to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Bound by Knill, Reading.
Very Good
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