• Wishlist
  • Sign In
  • Register
  • Wishlist
    • Search
    Advanced Search
    Toggle Nav
    Basket
    • Compare Products
    By [Charlotte M. Yonge]
    London   Macmillan and Co.
    6" by 4" vi, 405 pp.
    A handsomely bound prize copy in full calf by Relfe Brothers, this new edition of Charlotte M. Yonge’s Book of Worthies offers biographical sketches of historical, biblical, and classical figures.
    By [Charlotte M. Yonge]

    1882 A Book of Worthies: Gathered from the Old Histories and Now Written Anew

    London   Macmillan and Co.
    6" by 4" vi, 405 pp.
    A handsomely bound prize copy in full calf by Relfe Brothers, this new edition of Charlotte M. Yonge’s Book of Worthies offers biographical sketches of historical, biblical, and classical figures.
    £80.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 980H34
    Add to Wish List

    What Our Customers Say...

    see More testimonials
    main product photo

    Description

    Early Edition, Leather Binding, Prize Binding, Signed Binding

    In a full calf prize binding by Relfe Brothers, London, for Loughborough Girl's Grammar School.

    New edition.

    First published in 1869, this work is a collection of short biographical sketches of great figures from history, biblical, classical, medieval, and early modern figures. 

    Charlotte M. Yonge was a prolific and hugely popular 19th-century English novelist, often compared to Dickens in terms of her readership, best remembered for The Heir of Redclyffe.

    Condition

    In a full calf prize binding by Relfe Brothers, London. Prize inscription to front free endpaper. The odd slight handling mark and scratch to boards. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in very slight loss to calf. Internally, firmly bound. pages bright and clean with the odd spot to first and last few leaves.

    Very Good

    Delivery & payment

    We send all of our books via courier which is a fully tracked and insured service. In our experience we find this to be the most reliable and quickest form of delivery. Our primary courier is DHL, but we are able to accommodate special requests if required, including postal delivery for items under 2kg. See More Details