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KINGSLEY, Charles, Rev. (1819?1875). Hereward the Wake, ?La...

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KINGSLEY, Charles, Rev. (1819?1875). Hereward the Wake, ?Last of the English?. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1866. 2 volumes, 8vo. Half?titles. Original gilt?stamped red cloth, black coated endpapers (spines gently darkened); cloth slipcase gilt with folding chemises. Provenance: Carroll Atwood Wilson (1887?1947), book label of the author and renowned bibliophile who was a generous benefactor to the Colby College Library Treasure Room. FIRST EDITION, a novel that tells the nonfictional story of the Anglo?Saxon nobleman Hereward the Wake who led a resistance against the Normans in the 11th century. It was Kingsley?s last historical novel that helped propel Hereward into an English folk?hero.