WESTWARD HO! or; the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amy as Leigh, Knight, of burrough, in the County of Devon, In the reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
Rare and modern books
[Wyeth, Illus.] Kingsley
Charles Scribner's Sons,
1928
WESTWARD HO! or; the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amy as Leigh, Knight, of burrough, in the County of Devon, In the reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
Rare and modern books
[Wyeth, Illus.] Kingsley
Charles Scribner's Sons,
1928
93.50 €
(Newburyport,
United States of America)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1928
- Place of printing
- New York
- Author
- [Wyeth, Illus.] Kingsley
- Publishers
- Charles Scribner's Sons
Description
Early printing. 9 colour plates, colour illustrated title page, endpapers and cover paste down by N.C. Wyeth 8vo, publisher’s original black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, with the colour pictorial paste down on the upper cover. 413, (1)ad. A clean and tight copy, with a bit of age and evidence of use.
Edizione: adventure in the time of queen elizabeth. amyas leigh sets sail with francis drake and other privateers to the caribbean, where they battle with the spanish.<br> wyeth was the pupil of artist howard pyle and became one of america's greatest illustrators. the work he did for the scribner's classics are among the most famous book illustrations in the world.
