1882 Antique Book Westward Ho or The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough in the County of Devon

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Westward Ho! is an 1855 historical novel written by British author Charles Kingsley. The novel was based on the experiences of Elizabethan privateer Amyas Preston (Amyas Leigh in the novel), who sets sail with Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh and other privateers to the New World, namely the Preston Somers Expedition and Raleigh's El Dorado Expedition where they battle with the Spanish.

Author: Charles Kingsley

Publication date: 1882

Publisher: Macmillan and Co.

Lovely antique condition, really nothing much at all. Bound in full deep blue leather binding. Highly gilt decorated spine, with raised bands. Gilt line boarders, with nice gilt crest front board. All marbled edges & endpapers. Some minor rubbing on edges. Inside some foxing on early pages, else generally clean & tight.

Measurements ±: 19x 13x 2.8 cm. Weight total ±: 620 g. (591 pages)

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SKU: ANT143-
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