By Charles Kingsley
London   Macmillan and Co.
9" by 6.5" vii, 94pp
An early edition of Victorian author Charles Kingsley's novel on social injustice, 'Yeast: A Problem', bound in quarter morocco by Oxford Binding.
By Charles Kingsley

1890 Yeast: A Problem

London   Macmillan and Co.
9" by 6.5" vii, 94pp
An early edition of Victorian author Charles Kingsley's novel on social injustice, 'Yeast: A Problem', bound in quarter morocco by Oxford Binding.
£40.00
: 0.5kgs / : 825J2

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Early Edition, Leather Binding, Rebound, Signed Binding

The second impression of the Sixpenny Edition, and the fourth edition overall, of this compelling Victorian novel, Yeast: A Problem

Yeast: A Problem, originally published in 1848, is a novel of social injustice and an attack on Roman Catholicism, the Oxford Movement, game laws, and insufficient housing for the poor. It presents the inequalities of the English social class system in stark narration, and was inspired by the works of Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle. 

Written by Charles Kingsley (1819-1975), a socialist priest of the Church of England, who believed in social reform, labour cooperatives, and social equality. He is a key figure of the Victorian novelists, alongside Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray. 

This copy has been rebound in quarter morocco by Oxford Binding, with their binder's stamp to the verso of the front free-endpaper.

Condition

In quarter morocco binding with marbled boards by Oxford Binding, with their binder's stamp to the verso of the front free-endpaper. Externally, generally sound, with some light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities, particularly to the tail of the spine, resulting in the binding lifting slightly. Internally, binding is lightly strained, with pages 11 to 22 lifting lightly at the tail. A few small tears to pages 19 to 22, and a few handling marks to the pages, which are otherwise clean.

Very Good

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