Miscellanies. Reprinted Chiefly from 'Fraser's Magazine' and the 'North British Review.'

KINGSLEY, Charles (1819-1875).

London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859. [Essays] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] 407 [9]; pp.[4] 389 [3]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, and blind decoration to boards. Brown-coated endpapers; all edges untrimmed. Armorial bookplate of Horace Noble Pym to front pastedown of each volume. Repairs to hinges of volume II. Toning to spines, with some light wear and marking to cloth. Very good. A broad selection of essays on literary topics, as well as history, imperialism, science, natural history, and the workings of urban and rural life. Item #59553

From the library of Solicitor, book-collector and editor of the diaries of Caroline Fox, Horace Pym (1844-1896).

Price: £65.00