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First Edition of Charles Kingsley's Politics for the People
KINGSLEY, Charles.
Politics for the People.
London: John W. Parker, 1848.
First edition of this collection of essays and sermons on political reform in England. Octavo, bound in three quarters turkey morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition with light rubbing, bookplate to the front pastedown. Rare.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 150134
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First Edition of Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies
KINGSLEY, Charles.
The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby.
London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1863.
First edition of this Victorian moral fantasy. Octavo, bound in three-quarter crushed levant over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, with two illustrations by J. Noel Paton. In near fine condition. Bookplates to the front pastedown and front free endpaper.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 151121
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First Edition of Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies
KINGSLEY, Charles.
The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby.
London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1863.
First edition of this Victorian moral fantasy. Octavo, bound in three-quarter Turkey morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with two illustrations by J. Noel Paton. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 151108
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First edition of Charles Kingsley's The Roman and the Teuton: A Series of Lectures Delivered Before the University of Cambridge
KINGSLEY, Charles.
The Roman and the Teuton: A Series of Lectures Delivered Before the University of Cambridge.
Cambridge and London: Macmillan and Co., 1864.
First edition of this classic collection of Kingsley's Cambridge lectures. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 151109
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"In its southern suburb, there stood two pleasant houses side by side, with their gardens sloping down to the Whit": First edition Rev. Charles Kingsley's Two Years Ago
KINGSLEY, Charles.
Two Years Ago.
Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1857.
First edition of the author's classic work, containing some of his most profound passages of descriptive imagery. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 139736
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First Edition of Charles Kingsley's Andromeda and Other Poems
KINGSLEY, Charles.
Andromeda and Other Poems.
London: John W. Parker and Son, 1858.
First edition of this collection centered on the Greek myth of Andromeda’s rescue from a sea monster by Perseus. Duodecimo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 151106
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First Edition of Charles Kingsley's Westward Ho!
KINGSLEY, Charles.
Westward Ho!
Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1855.
First edition of Kingsley's historical novel based on the Preston Somers Expedition of 1595. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 151107
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First Edition of Charles Kingsley's Twenty-Five Village Sermons
KINGSLEY, Charles.
Twenty-Five Village Sermons.
London: John W. Parker, 1849.
First edition of this collection of mid-19th-century sermons. Duodecimo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 151100
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"In its southern suburb, there stood two pleasant houses side by side, with their gardens sloping down to the Whit": First edition of Reverend Charles Kingsley's Two Years Ago
KINGSLEY, Charles.
Two Years Ago.
Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1857.
First edition of the author's classic work, containing some of his most profound passages of descriptive imagery. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Volume one only. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 151104
