Or the Voyages & Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight of Burrough in the County of Devon in the Reign of her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth Rendered into Modern English by Charles Kingsley
Westward Ho! Or the Voyages & Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight of Burrough in the County of Devon in the Reign of her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth Rendered into Modern English by Charles Kingsley
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1923.
First edition illustrated by Cox. Small 4to. Original blue cloth, gilt vignette to the upper cover, gilt lettering and elaborate decoration to the spine. Top edge blue. Sixteen colour plates by E.A. Cox. A near fine copy, clean and bright. Contemporary gift inscription to the front free endpaper.
Cox has come under the spell of this great romance and has been able to set free his imagination... his bold and unconventional treatment is most happily suited to his subject... [and is]... accompanied by a brilliance and richness which the artist has derived from the inspiration of his theme. [Note to the Illustrated Edition].
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