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KINGSLEY, Charles (1819-1875). Westward Ho! Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1855.
First edition of the first novel published by Macmillan. An Elizabethan pirate adventure novel. Sadleir 1340.
Three volumes, octavo. Half-titles, 14 pp. publisher's ads at end of vol. 3 dated February 1855. (Sadleir calls for 16 pp ads.) Original blue cloth (rubbing, corners showing, spines a bit darkened, hinges strengthened, some showing); custom chemises and slipcase. Provenance: bookseller's ticket of Henderson, Birmingham – Reverend J. Allport (pencil inscription on flyleaves) – Stanley Austin (bookplate designed by Charles Francis Annesley Voysey).
First edition of the first novel published by Macmillan. An Elizabethan pirate adventure novel. Sadleir 1340.
Three volumes, octavo. Half-titles, 14 pp. publisher's ads at end of vol. 3 dated February 1855. (Sadleir calls for 16 pp ads.) Original blue cloth (rubbing, corners showing, spines a bit darkened, hinges strengthened, some showing); custom chemises and slipcase. Provenance: bookseller's ticket of Henderson, Birmingham – Reverend J. Allport (pencil inscription on flyleaves) – Stanley Austin (bookplate designed by Charles Francis Annesley Voysey).
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