{"product_id":"set-of-4-uniform-charles-kingsley-novels-two-years-ago-alton-locke-hypatia-and-yeast-1895-1897","title":"Set of 4 uniform Charles Kingsley novels; Two Years Ago; Alton Locke; Hypatia; and Yeast, 1895-1897","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1579\" data-end=\"2392\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA handsome uniformly bound group of four novels by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), one of the prominent novelists, clergymen and social commentators of the Victorian period. The set brings together several of his most important works: \u003cem data-start=\"233\" data-end=\"246\"\u003eAlton Locke\u003c\/em\u003e, his socially engaged novel of a working-class tailor and poet; \u003cem data-start=\"311\" data-end=\"318\"\u003eYeast\u003c\/em\u003e, addressing the social and religious tensions of mid-Victorian England; \u003cem data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"400\"\u003eHypatia\u003c\/em\u003e, his celebrated historical novel set amid the religious conflicts of fifth-century Alexandria; and \u003cem data-start=\"500\" data-end=\"515\"\u003eTwo Years Ago\u003c\/em\u003e, combining contemporary social concerns with romance and adventure. Published by Macmillan between 1895 and 1897, the four volumes form a particularly attractive library set in uniform half leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Comprising:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo Years Ago, 1895;\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlton Locke, Tailor and Poet, An Autobiography, 1896;\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHypatia, or New Foes with an Old Face, 1896; and; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYeast, A Problem, 1897.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"2394\" data-end=\"2745\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAll published by Macmillan and Co. Limited., London and The Macmillan Company, New York, 1895-1897.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"2394\" data-end=\"2745\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA very good set of 4 hardback volumes, each with dark olive grained leather spine and corners (sunned to brown on spines). The spines with raised bands and tooled gilt floral design and titles. Boards with green marbled paper with gilt metallic veins, matched to endpapers. Covers with light wear and some rubbing to spines. Some cracking to endpapers at front inner hinges, but all soundly bound.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3171\" data-end=\"3500\"\u003eText pages are generally bright and clean with mild age-toning to extremities. All volumes with shiny gilt top edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3623\" data-end=\"3639\"\u003eText in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3716\" data-end=\"3778\"\u003eDimensions: each volume approximately 194mm high x 134mm wide x 23-27mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3780\" data-end=\"3818\"\u003eWeight: approximately 2350g (unpacked).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"7c4puz\" dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3820\" data-end=\"3829\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56353838268801,"sku":"LAN10432","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/files\/Setof4uniformCharlesKingsleynovels_TwoYearsAgo_AltonLocke_Hypatia_andYeast_1895-1897IMG_7993.jpg?v=1791214004","url":"https:\/\/www.lannaantique.com\/products\/set-of-4-uniform-charles-kingsley-novels-two-years-ago-alton-locke-hypatia-and-yeast-1895-1897","provider":"Lanna Antique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}