The Works of Charles KINGSLEY [Later Editions ? Fine Half Leather Binding]

Charles KINGSLEY

Verlag: Macmillan and Co., London, 1888

London: Macmillan and Co., 1888-1895. Later Editions.

Select works of Charles Kingsley in 9 volumes.

Uniformly bound in half morocco bindings, very elegant with gilt titles to red labels, gilt decoration to the compartments, top page edges gilt, others tanned and marbled end papers.

Pages generally tanned. Frontispiece portrait of Charles Kingsley to Westward Ho.

Comprising of:

Sermons for the Times, 1890, vi, 311pp.

Hypatia, or New Foes with an Old Face, 1894, xvi, 345pp.

Alton Locke, 1892, xliv, 307pp.

Hereward the Wake, 1895, viii, 373pp.

Two Years Ago, 1893, vi, 469pp.

Westward Ho!, 1894, viii, 591pp.

Yeast, A Problem, 1888, xvii, [iii], 272pp.

Prose Idylls, New and Old, 1891, [vi], 297pp.

Sanitary and Social Lectures and Essays, 1892, vi, 300pp.

Provenance ? no bookplates or inscriptions.

Approximately 7 ½ inches (19cm) tall.



Condition Report

Externally

Spine ? very good condition ? gilt titles to red labels, and decoration to clean and bright morocco leather.
Joints ? very good condition ? sound.
Corners ? very good condition ? gently worn and bumped.
Boards ? very good condition ? marbled paper, calf leather quarters and spine, minor marks and wear.
Page edges ? good condition ? top edge gilt, others tanned.
Binding ? fine condition ? attractive.
See above and photos.

Internally

Hinges ? good condition ? sound.
Paste downs ? good condition ? marbled paper.
End papers ? good condition ? marbled paper, tanned and foxed subsequently.
Title ? good condition ? tanned with some foxing.
Pages ? good condition ? tanned with some foxing.
See photos. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1756462149403

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Works of Charles KINGSLEY [Later ...
Verlag: Macmillan and Co., London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1888
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Gut