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Charles Kingsley, clergyman, historian, novelist, poet, and social critic, is remembered today for his works, "The Water Babies", "Hypatia", "Westward Ho!", and "Hereward the Wake". He was an avowed Darwinist, being a close friend of Charles Darwin; Kingsley's complimentary commentary on Darwin's great work was incorporated into a Postscript to "On the Origin of Species". ************************************ In 1874 Kingsley undertook a lecture tour across the United States. He was a popular author on both sides of the Atlantic, and it was a successful journey, and provided Kingsley with material for works he later wrote. In "Charles Kingsley's American Notes : Letters From a Lecture Tour, 1874" we can read the letters sent by Kingsley back to his wife in England (Francis Eliza Kingsley, nee Grenfell) . Kingsley had a loving relationship with his wife, and his letters are honest, relaxed and open - full of perceptive observations that he shared with her. They are quite fascinating - he describes places and people, natural landscapes and cities. The book was edited by Robert Bernard Martin and published in 1958 by Princeton University Library. This is the First Edition. The jacket and bottom board edges dispaly wear, which we describe further down the page. ************************************ TITLE : Charles Kingsley's American Notes : Letters From a Lecture Tour, 1874 / AUTHOR : Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875) / EDITOR : Robert Bernard Martin (1918 - 1999) / IMPRINT : Princeton University Library / PLACE : Princeton, NJ / DATE : 1958 / EDITION : First Edition / STATUS : Out of Print - OP / DETAILS : Contains a few illustrations, including photo portraits of Kingsley and his wife, an engraved portrait of Kingsley, and facsimile reproductions of his writing; there are also a couple of drawings done by Kingsley; End-papers have a reproduction of a chart kept by Kingsley on his voyage to the United States from Great Britain. the same illustration also fills the rear end-papers. There is an Index; [vi] + 62 pages; 6" x 9", dark blue, cloth-covered boards and spine, with gilt lettering stamped on spine; end-papers printed in two shades of green; printed buff dust-jacket is lettered in black, within 4 green, plain line, rectangular borders arranged in nesting panels. On the rear panel of the jacket is a list of Occasional Publications sponsored by the Friends of the Princeton Library. ******************************** CONDITION -- BOOK : NEAR VERY GOOD -- JACKET : GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and serviceable, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Spine lettering is bright; board surfaces are clean and free of extraneous marking; the bottom edge of both boards display shelf rub in the form of imprinted white scrapes and spots (Likely imparted by paint from the shelf - hence the condition grade); text-block edges are clean and free of marking. / BINDING -- Solid. The binding has a slight lean to the front. / INTERIOR - There are a few leaves that display shallow surface creasing this is not egregious, and there is no other signs of handling - no marking or underlining, no writing or marginalia, no signatures. The interior is clean and presentable. / DUST-JACKET -- The spine panel is darkened and displays staining; there are also two round stains near the bottom of the front board panel (over the publisher's name), and one irregularly shaped stain near the front joint fold, also near the bottom; there are a few other minute spots or discolorations but these are near-negligible, and most of the front and rear jacket panels are clean and presentable. the reverse side (that lies against the board surfaces) is considerably toned. The publishers original 1958 printed price is still on the front flap. Protected from further wear by a clear mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 2161
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