KINGSLEY, Charles. Yeast: a problem. Fourth Edition, with a new preface. John W. Parker and Son. 1859
4pp ads. Original rose-madder wavy-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled. Ownership inscriptions of Katharine Louisa Rowden, Sydney Cooper 1907 & Geoffrey Tillotson 1947. (xx), (356), 6pp ads.
¶See Sadleir 1341 & Wolff 3814 for the first edition, 1851, in (viii), 288 pages. This edition is in smaller format to the first. Kingsley's first novel. The new 12pp preface looks at improvements in rural life since the first edition was published.
Stock #84914
£75
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