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Lot 24
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
Lots Open
Jul 31, 2025
Lots Close
Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$585
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Lot Description
[BINDINGS]. KINGSLEY, Charles (1819-1875). A group of 8 FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:
1) Politics for the People. London: John W. Parker, 1848.
2) Twenty-Five Village Sermons. London: John W. Parker, 1849.
3) Westward Ho! or, the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight. Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1855. Volume I (of 3) only.
4) Two Years Ago. Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1857. Volume I (of 3) only.
5) Andromeda and Other Poems. London: John W. Parker & Son, 1858.
6) The Water Babies. London and Cambridge; Macmillan & Co., 1863.
7) The Water Babies. London and Cambridge; Macmillan & Co., 1863. Later half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut.
8) The Roman and the Teuton. Cambridge & London: Macmillan & Co., 1864.
Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, all 8vo, all uniformly bound in half morocco by Root & Son unless otherwise noted, condition generally fine.
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