Westward Ho! – Charles Kingsley 1933 – (Illus. N.C. Wyeth )

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  • Author: Charles Kingsley; Illustrated by N.C Wyeth
  • Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, NY 1933
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo
  • Attributes: Illustrated

An early reprint of this classic. Binding tight, rubbing at spine ends, corners bumped, two pages with 1″ margin tears, not affecting illustrations. Ten full-page illustrations by N.C. Wyeth including title -age. Good or better.

Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) was originally published in 1855, midway through this prolific writer’s body of work. Sixty five years later, when the book was in the public domain, this American version was published with a couple of the more hysterical anti-Catholic and ant-Jesuit diatribes removed. The story flows much better without them.

An adventure story of the British sailing era, Westward Ho! vied for popularity among 19th-century readers with Treasure Island (pub. 1883). This illustrated American version, like the original version, is an all-encompassing adventure story based upon actual historical events of the 16th century—akin to Treasure Island in cultural setting and appeal to male readers but perhaps aimed at a slightly older audience—featuring the Spanish Main, pirates, circumnavigations, the Inquisition, a detailed recounting of England’s annihilation of the Spanish Armada, and more. This novel is preternaturally excellent, an absolute requirement for every enthusiast of the genre, so good that even during proofreading, when the editor was already completely familiar with it, he nevertheless, repeatedly, found tears of emotion in his eyes.

Illustrated by the great N.C. Wyeth.

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